The kanji 把: meaning, readings and stroke order

把

Meaning: grasp, hold
On reading: ハ ha
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 7
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: nắm, cầm (bả)
Japanese: にぎる。つかむ。
Korean: 잡다, 쥐다 (파)
Chinese: 握住、把握

Readings, words and example sentences

ハ ha · on reading · less common

把は握あく
grasp, clear understanding
げんじょうを 把は握あくします。
I get a clear picture of the current situation.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.