握

握	U+63E1, 握 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63E1

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[U+63E0]

CJK Unified Ideographs

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[U+63E2]

Translingual

Han character

握 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手尸一土 (QSMG), four-corner 5701₄, composition ⿰扌屋)

Derived characters

𪢅

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 443, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12366
Dae Jaweon: page 794, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1925, character 7
Unihan data for U+63E1

Chinese

simp. and trad.		握

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (屋) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
握	*qroːɡ
幄	*qroːɡ
偓	*qroːɡ
渥	*qroːɡ
齷	*qroːɡ
楃	*qroːɡ
喔	*qroːɡ
腛	*qroːɡ
媉	*qroːɡ
屋	*qoːɡ
剭	*qoːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qroːɡ): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 屋 (OC *qoːɡ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): wò (wo⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): o²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ak¹ / aak¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ak²
Gan (Wiktionary): ngoh⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): vok

(Meixian, Guangdong): vog⁵
Jin (Wiktionary): vah⁴
Northern Min (KCR): ŏ̤
Eastern Min (BUC): ók
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ak / ok

(Teochew, Peng'im): og⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷oq
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ngo⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wò
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wò
  - Wade–Giles: wo⁴
  - Yale: wò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woh
  - Palladius: во (vo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: o²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: o
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /o²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ak¹ / aak¹
  - Yale: āk / āak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ak⁷ / aak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: eg¹ / ag¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐk̚⁵/, /aːk̚⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ak²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ak̚⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: ngoh⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔʔ⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vok
  - Hakka Romanization System: vog^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /vok̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: vog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /ʋɔk̚¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: vah⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /vaʔ²/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ŏ̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔ²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ók
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ouʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ak
  - Tâi-lô: ak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ag
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ak̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ak̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ok
  - Tâi-lô: ok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: og
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ɔk̚⁵/

Note:

ak - literary;
ok - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: og⁴
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ok
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /ok̚²/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷oq
  - MiniDict: oh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴oq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /oʔ⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ngo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋo²⁴/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 握
Mandarin	Beijing	/uo⁵¹/
	Harbin	/uo⁵³/
	Tianjin	/uo⁵³/
	Jinan	/və²¹³/
	Qingdao	/və⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/uo²⁴/
	Xi'an	/nyo²¹/
	Xining	/u⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/və¹³/
	Lanzhou	/və¹³/
	Ürümqi	/vɤ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/uo²¹³/
	Chengdu	/o³¹/
	Guiyang	/o²¹/
	Kunming	/u³¹/
	Nanjing	/uʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/uɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/vaʔ²/
	Pingyao	/uʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/vaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/oʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/oʔ⁵/ 老 /o⁵⁵/ 新
	Hangzhou	/ʔoʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/v̠u²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/uʔ²¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/u⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/ŋo²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/o²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/ŋɔʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/vok̚¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/ɐk̚⁵/ /ak̚⁵/
	Nanning	/ɐk̚⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/ɐk̚⁵/ /ak̚⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/ak̚³²/ /ɔk̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/ouʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ɔ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ok̚²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ok̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: 'aewk

Rime
Character	握
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	於角切
Baxter	'aewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʔɔk̚/
Wang Li	/ɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ok³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qroːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	握
Reading #	1/1
No.	13066
Phonetic component	屋
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	渥
Old Chinese	/*qroːɡ/

Definitions

握

to hold in the hand; to grip; to grasp
to control
Classifier for a handful of something.
used in 握齪／握龊 (wòchuò)

Synonyms

(to hold in the hand): 捏 (niē)

Compounds

勝券在握 / 胜券在握
反握
吐哺握髮 / 吐哺握发
吐握
在握 (zàiwò)
大權在握 / 大权在握 (dàquánzàiwò)
太阿在握
左券在握
懷瑾握瑜 / 怀瑾握瑜
懷鉛握槧 / 怀铅握椠
懷鉛握素 / 怀铅握素
把握 (bǎwò)
持籌握算 / 持筹握算
拿雲握霧 / 拿云握雾
掌握 (zhǎngwò)
握別 / 握别
握力 (wòlì)
握圖臨宇 / 握图临宇
握手 (wòshǒu)
握手極歡 / 握手极欢
握手言和
握手言歡 / 握手言欢
握拳
握拳透掌
握拳透爪
握有
握槧懷鉛 / 握椠怀铅
握炭流湯 / 握炭流汤
握瑜懷玉 / 握瑜怀玉
握管
握綱提領 / 握纲提领
握股公司
握蛇騎虎 / 握蛇骑虎
握鉤伸鐵 / 握钩伸铁
握雨攜雲 / 握雨携云
握雲拿霧 / 握云拿雾
握雲攜雨 / 握云携雨
握霧拿雲 / 握雾拿云
握風捕影 / 握风捕影
握髮 / 握发
握髮吐哺 / 握发吐哺 (wòfàtǔbǔ)
握髮吐餐 / 握发吐餐
握齪 / 握龊 (wòchuò)
握齱 / 握𱌶 (wòchuò)
攀握
攜雲握雨 / 携云握雨
有把握 (yǒu bǎwò)
柔握
滿有把握 / 满有把握
緊握 / 紧握 (jǐnwò)
纖不盈握 / 纤不盈握

Japanese

Kanji

握

(Jōyō kanji)

grip

Readings

Go-on: あく (aku, Jōyō)
Kan-on: あく (aku, Jōyō)
Kun: にぎる (nigiru, 握る, Jōyō)、にぎり (nigiri, 握り)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
握
あく Grade: S
on'yomi

Sino-Japanese.

Affix

握(あく) • (aku)

grip; hold
握(あく)手(しゅ) ― akushu ― handshake

握(あく)力(りょく) ― akuryoku ― grip strength

把(は)握(あく) ― waaku ― control; grasp (understanding)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 握 (MC 'aewk).

Hanja

Wikisource

握 (eumhun 쥘 악 (jwil ak))

hanja form^? of 악 (“to grasp; to hold fast; to take by hand”)

Compounds

악력 (握力, angnyeok)
악수 (握手, aksu)
장악 (掌握, jang'ak)
파악 (把握, paak)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

握: Hán Việt readings: ác (乙(ất)角(giác)切(thiết))^[1]^[2], ốc (乙(ất)角(giốc)切(thiết))^[2]^[3]
握: Nôm readings: ác^[1], át^[2], ấc, ốt

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Nguyễn (2014).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Trần (2004).
^ Génibrel (1898).

[tdcndg-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Nguyễn (2014).

[gdhn-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Trần (2004).

[genibrel-3] Génibrel (1898).

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