音読み: アク
訓読み: にぎる
画数: 12
部首: 扌（てへん）
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).
彼は 私の 手を 強く 握った。
He held my hand tightly.
彼女は 権力を 握っている。
She holds the power.
握手 — handshake