Today's lesson

Start today

Begin with the N5 essentials — 5 kanji, about 5 minutes.

LevelPer session

Relationship legend

Click a legend item to show/hide that relationship type on the graph.

Tips

grip, holdアク、にぎる · N1

Focus · 30

JLPT

握

JLPT N112 strokesFrequency #1003Secondary schoolRadical: 扌 hand (left)

アク

にぎる

12 strokes · ready

Watch the character build in the standard Japanese stroke sequence.

握 is built from the 扌 (hand (left)) and 屋 components.

A common word using 握 is 握手 (あくしゅ), meaning “handshake”.

Kanji that look similar include 提, 揚, 換, and 揮.

Dictionary words outside the current JLPT lists.

握らすにぎらすcommonto let (someone) take hold of your hand
握りしめるにぎりしめるcommonto grasp tightly
握斧あくふ(Paleolithic) hand axe
握り鋏にぎりばさみU-shaped scissors with no place to put one's fingers; shears
握り箸にぎりばしgrasping one's chopsticks the same way one might hold a walking stick (a breach of etiquette)
お握らずおにぎらずonigirazu; onigiri sandwich
握らせるにぎらせるto let a person take hold of; to bribe by slipping money into a person's hand
握りあうにぎりあうto clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
握りこむにぎりこむto grip; to grasp
握り潰しにぎりつぶしshelving; pigeonholing
握り潰すにぎりつぶすto crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal
握りこぶしにぎりこぶしclenched fist
握りつぶしにぎりつぶしshelving; pigeonholing
握りつぶすにぎりつぶすto crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal
握りばさみにぎりばさみU-shaped scissors with no place to put one's fingers; shears
ハンドルを握るハンドルをにぎるto hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)