柄
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handle or shaft (of an axe etc); (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem; sth that affords an advantage to an opponent; classifier for knives or blades
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 木 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 柄
- Common rank
- #2,112
- Unicode
- U+67C4
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Formation & memory
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Words with 柄
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 游戏手柄 | gamepad | |
| 授人以柄 | to hand someone the swordhilt (idiom); to give someone a hold on oneself | |
| 国柄 | state power | |
| 柄国 | to hold state power; to rule | |
| 手柄 | handle; video game controller | |
| 长柄 | long handle; stem | |
| 眼柄 | eye stalk (of crustacean etc) | |
| 手摇柄 | hand crank | |
| 话柄 | a pretext for gossip; a matter for derision | |
| 政柄 | at the helm of state; political power; regime | |
| 柄政 | to rule; to be in power | |
| 柄权 | to hold power | |
| 权柄 | authority | |
| 果柄 | stem of a fruit | |
| 曲柄 | crank handle | |
| 叶柄 | petiole; leafstalk | |
| 斗柄 | handle of the Big Dipper | |
| 曲柄钻 | hand drill with a crank handle | |
| 笑柄 | a matter for ridicule; an object of ridicule; laughingstock | |
| 长柄镰刀 | scythe |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 丙 — compare how they read.