Mnemonic
Your hand shoots up toward the roof's edge. You grip the gutter with white-knuckled desperation, fingers clamping down like a vise. One slip and you fall — so you grip even harder, hauling yourself onto the roof.
Additional thoughts
Picture dangling from a rooftop by one hand, rain pouring down, knuckles turning white. The visceral fear cements the connection: hand + roof = desperate grip.Quick recall
A hand clamps onto the roof's edge in a death grip.Details
The keyword for 握 is grip. This kanji refers to the act of grasping, clutching, or holding something firmly in one's hand. It conveys the physical action of closing the fingers tightly around an object, such as gripping a handle or clenching the fist. By extension, it can also suggest seizing control or taking hold of something abstract, like power or authority.
- On'yomi
- あく
- Kun'yomi
- にぎ.る