握
wò HSK3

grasp

握 wò
hold verb
to hold, grasp, or clench something with the hand

他手里紧紧地握着那张中奖的彩票。

tā shǒu lǐ jǐn​jǐn de wò zhe nà zhāng zhòng​jiǎng de cǎi​piào.

He gripped the winning lottery ticket tightly in his hand.

control verb
to have or maintain in one's power or possession

他手里握着公司的经济大权。

tā shǒu lǐ wò zhe gōng​sī de jīng​jì dà​quán.

He holds the financial reins of the company.

handful verb
a classifier for an amount that can be held in one hand

她的腰部纤纤一握。

tā de yāo​bù xiān​xiān yī wò.

Her waist was slender enough to be held in one hand.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,032nd most common 152.0 per million
Movie subtitles
1,228th most common 68.2 per million appears in 32% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
17.7 per million appears in 7% of films
Written text
19.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+63E1

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)