掌握

to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency

Characters and words in 掌握

掌

zhǎng = zh + ang3

palm of the hand / sole of the foot / paw / horseshoe / to slap / to hold in one's hand / to wield

Add a new mnemonic for 掌 = 尚 + 手

掌 = 尚 + 手 : Inside the anglepod (ang3), James II of England (zh) and the Buddhist monk (尚) play catch using two baseball gloves (手) and a horseshoe (掌).

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握

wò = w + o4

to hold / to grasp / to clench (one's fist) / to master / classifier: a handful

Add a new mnemonic for 握 = 屋 + 扌

握 = 屋 + 扌 : Willy Walrus's (w) garden shack (屋) was just about to fall into the well in the observatory's bathroom (o4), but Willy was able to grasp (握) it at the last moment with a toy claw (屋).

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握

wò = w + o4

to hold; to grasp / to clench (one's fist) / (bound form) to have in one's control / classifier: a handful

Add a new mnemonic for 握 = 屋 + 扌