wò
grasp
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 屋 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
wò
grasp, hold fast, take by hand; to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); to master; classifier: a handful
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