# 握

| 握 | U+63E1, &#25569; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-63E1 |
| ← 揠 [U+63E0] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 揢 → [U+63E2] |

## Translingual
### Han character

握 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手尸一土 (QSMG), four-corner 5701$_4$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (wo$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): o$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ak$^1$ / aak$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ak$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ngoh$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): vok
    (Meixian, Guangdong): vog$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): vah$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): ŏ̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): ók
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ak / ok
    (Teochew, Peng'im): og$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$oq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ngo$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wò
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wò
*** Wade–Giles: wo$^4$
*** Yale: wò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woh
*** Palladius: во (vo)
*** Sinological IPA : /wɔ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: o$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: o
*** Sinological IPA : /o²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ak$^1$ / aak$^1$
*** Yale: āk / āak
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ak$^7$ / aak$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: eg$^1$ / ag$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɐk̚⁵/, /aːk̚⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ak$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ak̚⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ngoh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋɔʔ⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vok
*** Hakka Romanization System: vog$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vog$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /vok̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: vog$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʋɔk̚¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: vah$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /vaʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ŏ̤
*** Sinological IPA : /ɔ²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ók
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* ak - literary;
* ok - vernacular.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit握 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /uo⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /uo⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /uo⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /və²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /və⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /uo²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /nyo²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /u⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /və¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /və¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /vɤ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /uo²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /o³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /o²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /u³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /uʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /uɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /vaʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /uʌʔ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /vaʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /oʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /oʔ⁵/ 老 /o⁵⁵/ 新 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ʔoʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | 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/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /ɐk̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /ɐk̚⁵/ /ak̚⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /ak̚³²/ /ɔk̚³²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /ouʔ²³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ɔ²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /ok̚²/ |
| Min | 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 | ok$^3$ |
* 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

(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.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

握: Hán Việt readings: ác (乙(ất)角(giác)切(thiết)), ốc (乙(ất)角(giốc)切(thiết))
握: Nôm readings: ác, át, ấc, ốt
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

### References

* 1 2 Nguyễn (2014).
* 1 2 3 Trần (2004).
* ↑ Génibrel (1898).