• 柄がら — pattern; design; style
• 柄え — handle (of a tool), grip
• 人柄ひとがら — character; personality
• 家柄いえがら — family background; lineage
• 横柄おうへい — arrogant; overbearing
• 柄杓ひしゃく — ladle; dipper

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柄 has the radical 木 (tree/wood) on the left, hinting at wooden objects like handles. The right side supplies the reading ヘイ and extends the idea to “pattern / character.” Hence both senses: a tool’s “handle” and a person’s “(人)柄,” their character or disposition.