grip
N1- Onyomi
- アク
- Kunyomi
- にぎ(る)
- Stroke count
- 12
- JLPT
- N1
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 握 down and you get 扌 (hand) — a hand reaching in from the left, and beside it 屋 (house / roof) — a roof sloped low over a room built to hold something inside. Picture two cupped hands together, offering something held between them, put 握 inside it, and let that scene stand for "grip" — grip. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 12
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は12画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 12 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
掌握
shouaku
seizing control
握る
nigiru
to grasp
把握
haaku
grasp
握って
nigitte
grasp — te-form
把握する
haakusuru
to do grasp
掌握する
shouakusuru
to do seizing control
Example sentences (6)
新しい社長が経営権を掌握しました。
あたらしい しゃちょう が けいえいけん を しょうあく しました。
atarashii shachou ga keieiken o shouaku shimashita.
The new president seized control of management.
現場の実情を掌握しないまま指示を出しても、うまくいきません。
げんば の じつじょう を しょうあく しない まま しじ を だして も、うまく いきません。
genba no jitsujou o shouaku shinai mama shiji o dashite mo, umaku ikimasen.
Issuing instructions without a grip on the reality on the ground will not work.
彼が最終的な決定権を握っています。
かれ が さいしゅうてき な けっていけん を にぎっています。
kare ga saishuuteki na ketteiken o nigitteimasu.
He holds the final decision-making power.
情報を一人が握ったままでは、組織は柔軟に動けません。
じょうほう を ひとり が にぎった まま で は、そしき は じゅうなん に うごけません。
jouhou o hitori ga nigitta mama de wa, soshiki wa juunan ni ugokemasen.
While one person holds all the information, the organization cannot move flexibly.
まず現状を把握しましょう。
まず げんじょう を はあく しましょう。
mazu genjou o haaku shimashou.
First, let's get a grasp of the current situation.
数字だけでなく、現場の状況も把握しておく必要があります。
すうじ だけ で なく、げんば の じょうきょう も はあく して おく ひつよう が あります。
suuji dake de naku, genba no joukyou mo haaku shite oku hitsuyou ga arimasu.
You need to grasp not only the figures but also the situation on the ground.