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握

Level VII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 824 / 2,608

Grip

On’yomi
あく
Kun’yomi
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Radical
手 Hand (Kangxi 64)

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 革 (Leather), less common than 眠 (Sleep).

Fingers on the left enter a house on the right — your fingers reach inside a house and grip something tightly, refusing to let go.

In words

握る にぎる to grasp,to seize,to mould sushiN3
握手 あくしゅ handshakeN3
把握 はあく grasp;catch;understandingN1

握 is rank 824 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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