把 – grasp, faggot, bunch

7 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1569 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 把 means grasp, faggot, bunch, counter for bundles. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ハ、ワ (ha, wa). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ハ	ha
On’yomi	ワ	wa

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 巴・扎.

Words using 把

把握はあくgrasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.)

Example sentences

そのスピーチの要点は把握できた。

I was able to grasp the main points of the speech.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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