握 wò to grasp
to grasp; to hold; to take by the hand
怎么记住“握”: 扌 hand + 屋 house = to grasp. The nervous boy reaches for a hand outside the big house where the birthday party is, and his mum bends down to grasp it.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
握 = 扌 hand + 屋 house
- 扌 hand meaning
- 屋 house sound
- 尸 corpse
- 至 until
The nervous boy reaches for a hand outside the big house where the birthday party is, and his mum bends down to grasp it.
How it came to be
The hand gives the meaning and the house gives the sound.
用法
- 握手 wòshǒu "to shake hands" is standard greeting vocabulary.
- 把握 bǎwò "grasp/confidence" is the key abstract use: 有把握 yǒu bǎwò "to be confident/sure of something."
- 掌握 zhǎngwò overlaps with 握 for mastery: plain 握 is the physical grip, 把握/掌握 extend it to abstract control or certainty.
含“握”的词语
例句
- 他掌握了汉语语法。 Tā zhǎngwòle Hànyǔ yǔfǎ.He has mastered Chinese grammar.