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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
握 character · TOCFL 2 (est.)
握 ＝ 扌 ＋ 屋
ㄨㄛˋ · wò
verb — to grasp, hold firmly

字源 FORM — what the parts do

扌義a hand
屋聲wū — gives the sounda house, a roof over a space
Twū → wò — the tone shifts
A hand (扌) closes tight — to grip. 屋 wū gives the sound, worn to wò. The closed hand covers what it holds the way a 屋 roof covers a room: from 握手、緊握 to 掌握、把握.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

手（扌）一合，把東西全扣在掌心，像屋（屋）頂罩住一間房。
The hand (扌) closes over the thing entirely, the way a 屋's roof covers the room beneath.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)握、握住— to grasp, to hold firmly常用
→握手— to shake hands常用
⇒掌握、把握— to have a firm grip on, to master
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
屋wūthe bare phonetic — the house, no hand渥wòthe 屋 series — 渥 sets 屋 by 氵 (soaked through), 握 keeps the hand 扌