Keyword
handle
- lever
- knob
- authority
- Frequency
- #2579
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
bǐng
Mnemonic
木 (tree) gives the meaning and 丙 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
柄
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
手柄
handle; video game controller
把柄
handle; (fig.) information that can be used against sb
笑柄
a matter for ridicule; an object of ridicule; laughingstock
权柄
authority
叶柄
petiole; leafstalk
曲柄
crank handle
剑柄
sword hilt
长柄
long handle; stem
话柄
a pretext for gossip; a matter for derision
斗柄
handle of the Big Dipper
果柄
stem of a fruit
授人以柄
to hand someone the swordhilt (idiom); to give someone a hold on oneself
眼柄
eye stalk (of crustacean etc)
国柄
state power
菌柄
mushroom stem
柄政
to rule; to be in power