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Chinese symbol for “assurance”

把握
bǎ wò
to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance

The closest CC-CEDICT match for assurance is 把握 (bǎ wò), defined as: to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome).

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Characters and stroke order

把 bǎ
to grasp, to hold; to guard, to take; handle
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
握 wò
to grasp, to hold, to take by the hand
radical 64 ⼿ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 把握.

WordPinyinMeaning
把戏 (把戲)bǎ xìacrobatics; jugglery; trick; ploy
把手bǎ shǒuto shake hands
把持bǎ chíto control; to dominate
把头 (把頭)bǎ tóulabor contractor; gangmaster
掌握zhǎng wòto grasp (often fig.); to control
握手wò shǒuto shake hands
握住wò zhùto grip; to hold
紧握 (緊握)jǐn wòto hold firmly, not let go

See also: Japanese symbol for “assurance”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.