握手

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Chinese

shake hands; to hold; to grasp hand; convenient; ‑er
simp. and trad.
(握手)

Pronunciation


Note: 1o-seu3 - first character can be considered a kunyomi of .

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (34) (26)
Final () (10) (136)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () II III
Fanqie
Baxter 'aewk syuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔˠʌk̚/ /ɕɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔᵚɔk̚/ /ɕiuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɔk̚/ /ɕiəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔaɨwk̚/ /ɕuwX/
Li
Rong
/ʔɔk̚/ /ɕiuX/
Wang
Li
/ɔk̚/ /ɕĭəuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔɔk̚/ /ɕi̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yue shǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ok3 sau2

Verb

握⫽手 (verb-object)

  1. to shake hands
    握手握手  ―  Wǒ yǔ tā wòshǒu le.  ―  I shook hands with him.
  2. (computing) to handshake

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (握手):
  • Japanese: 握手(あくしゅ) (akushu)
  • Korean: 악수(握手) (aksu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あく
Grade: S
しゅ
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(あく)(しゅ) (akushu

  1. handshake

Verb

(あく)(しゅ)する (akushu suruintransitive suru (stem (あく)(しゅ) (akushu shi), past (あく)(しゅ)した (akushu shita))

  1. to shake hands

Conjugation

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

握手 (aksu) (hangeul 악수)

  1. hanja form? of 악수 (handshake)