握: Grip; Hold; Mould SushiKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (アク)

• 握手あくしゅhandshake
• 把握はあくgrasp; catch
• 掌握しょうあくgrasping; seizing
• 握力あくりょくgrip (of hand); grip strength
• 一握いちあくhandful
• 動向把握どうこうはあくgrasping the trend; firmly understanding how the situation is developing
• 把握反射はあくはんしゃgrasp reflex; palmar grasp reflex
• 握力計あくりょくけいhand dynamometer
• 握手を交わすあくしゅをかわすto shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
• 握手会あくしゅかいhandshake event; handshake session
• 握把あくはholding; gripping
• 握斧あくふhand-axe
• 握髪吐哺あくはつとほ(a statesman making) extraordinary efforts to find and employ capable persons (persons of great wisdom)

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 握らすにぎらすto let (someone) take hold of your hand
• 握るにぎるto clasp; to grasp
• 握りにぎりgrasping; gripping
• 一握りひとにぎりhandful
• お握りおにぎりonigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
• 握りずしにぎりずしnigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.
• 握り寿司にぎりずしnigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.
• 握り締めるにぎりしめるto grasp tightly
• 握り飯にぎりめしrice ball
• かぎを握るかぎをにぎるto hold the key (to)
• ひと握りひとにぎりhandful
• ほんの一握りほんのひとにぎりjust a handful; only a small number (of)
• ハンドルを握るハンドルをにぎるto hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)
• 主導権を握るしゅどうけんをにぎるto seize the initiative
• 勝敗の鍵を握るしょうはいのかぎをにぎるto have the game in one's hands; to hold the key to victory
• 寿司を握るすしをにぎるto make hand-rolled sushi
• 弱みを握るよわみをにぎるto have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
• 御握りおにぎりonigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
• 手に汗を握るてにあせをにぎるto sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
• 手に汗握るてにあせにぎるto sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
• 拳を握るこぶしをにぎるto make a fist; to clench one's fist
• 握らせるにぎらせるto let a person take hold of; to bribe by slipping money into a person's hand
• 握りあうにぎりあうto clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
• 握りこぶしにぎりこぶしclenched fist
• 握りこむにぎりこむto grip; to grasp
• 握りしめるにぎりしめるto grasp tightly
• 握りつぶしにぎりつぶしshelving; pigeonholing
• 握りつぶすにぎりつぶすto crush (with one's hands)
• 握りばさみにぎりばさみU shaped scissors with no place to put one's fingers; shears
• 握り合うにぎりあうto clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
• 握り屋にぎりやmiser; grasping fellow
• 握り手にぎりてmiser; penny-pincher
• 握り拳にぎりこぶしclenched fist
• 握り潰しにぎりつぶしshelving; pigeonholing
• 握り潰すにぎりつぶすto crush (with one's hands)
• 握り箸にぎりばしgrasping one's chopsticks the same way one might hold a walking stick (a breach of etiquette)
• 握り緊めるにぎりしめるto grasp tightly
• 握り込むにぎりこむto grip; to grasp
• 握り返すにぎりかえすto grasp back; to squeeze back
• 握り金玉にぎりぎんたまhaving nothing to do; idling
• 握り鋏にぎりばさみU shaped scissors with no place to put one's fingers; shears
• 握り鮨にぎりずしnigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.

Other readings

• カギを握るかぎをにぎるto hold the key (to)
• 握りっ屁にぎりぺfarting into one's hand; cupping a fart
• 握り屁にぎりぺfarting into one's hand; cupping a fart
• 握寿司にぎりずしnigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.
• 握飯にぎりめしrice ball

Showing the 60 most common of 68 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 握

• 把
• 手
• 一
• 寿
• 司
• 力
• 権
• 飯
• 鍵
• 汗
• 拳