把
bǎ · HSK 3
indicating pre-verbal object as thing dealt with by the action
✋ 把 = hand 扌 + 巴 (bā) phonetic; original sense: to grasp
扌 is the hand radical, 巴 gives the bǎ sound. The base meaning to grasp or hold extends grammatically: 把 marks the object as the thing being handled or dealt with by the verb.
把 — hand radical 扌 + 巴 (phonetic)
把 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 gives the meaning 'to grasp or hold,' while 巴 supplies the sound. Originally meaning 'to grip with the hand,' it later extended to a noun ('handle') and a grammatical particle that fronts the object of a verb.