握
wò · HSK 5
grasp
✊ hand 扌 + 屋 wū (house) → hand that owns the house grasps it; 屋 also hints at the sound wò
扌 is the hand radical and 屋 (wū, house/dwelling) supplies both a rough phonetic cue and the sense of something held as one's own. Together: a hand that takes hold, grasps, or clutches.
握 — hand 扌 + 屋 wū (phonetic)
握 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 carries the meaning — actions done with the hand — while 屋 supplies the sound. The original sense is to grasp or hold tightly in the fist, which still matches its modern meaning.