音読み: アク
訓読み: にぎる
画数: 12
部首: てへん（扌）
Meaning
Grasp / Hold / Grip
- Basic forms
- 握る — grasp; grip; hold / base form
- 握ります — grasps; grips / masu form
- 握った — grasped; gripped / ta form
- 握って — grasping … / te form
- 握らない — do not grasp / negative
- 握れば — if (one) grasps / conditional
- 握れ — grasp it! / imperative
- Common expressions
- 手を握る — hold hands; grip a hand
- 拳を握る — clench one’s fist
- 秘密を握る — hold a secret
- More
- 握られる — be grasped; be held / passive
- 握っている — is holding; is grasping / state
握る（にぎる） is a godan transitive verb. It refers to grasping firmly with the hand, and is also used figuratively for control or possession.
- 握手 — handshake
- 握力 — grip strength
- 把握 — understanding / grasp
- 掌握 — grasp (of power, control)
- 握り — grip / also used for nigiri sushi
- 握り拳 — clenched fist
- 握る — to grasp / to hold
握 combines 扌 (hand/action) with 屋 (phonetic アク). It depicts the act of firmly taking something in the hand, extending to abstract ideas like 把握 (grasping concepts).