握手

Chinese

		shake hands; to hold; to grasp	hand
simp. and trad. (握手)		握	手

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wòshǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ak¹ sau² / aak¹ sau²
Jin (Wiktionary): vah⁴ sou²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ok-chhiú / ak-chhiú / at-chhiú

(Teochew, Peng'im): og⁴ ciu²
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷oq-seu; ⁷oq ⁵seu / ¹o-seu₃

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wòshǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wòshǒu
  - Wade–Giles: wo⁴-shou³
  - Yale: wò-shǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wohshoou
  - Palladius: вошоу (vošou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ak¹ sau² / aak¹ sau²
  - Yale: āk sáu / āak sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ak⁷ sau² / aak⁷ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: eg¹ seo² / ag¹ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/, /aːk̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: vah⁴ sou²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /vaʔ²⁻⁴⁵ səu⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ok-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: ok-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: okchiuo
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ɔk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ak-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: ak-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: akchiuo
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ak̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ak̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ak̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: at-chhiú
  - Tâi-lô: at-tshiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: atchiuo
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /at̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /at̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: og⁴ ciu²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ok tshiú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ok̚²⁻⁴ t͡sʰiu⁵²⁻²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷oq-seu; ⁷oq ⁵seu
  - MiniDict: oh^入 seu; oh^入 seu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴oq-seu; ⁴oq ²seu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /oʔ³³ sɤ⁴⁴/, /oʔ⁵⁵ sɤ³⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹o-seu₃
  - MiniDict: o^平 seu^上
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /o⁴⁴ søy/

Note: ¹o-seu₃ - first character can be considered a kunyomi of 搲.

Middle Chinese: 'aewk syuwX

Rime
Character	握	手
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	於角切	書九切
Baxter	'aewk	syuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠʌk̚/	/ɕɨu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚɔk̚/	/ɕiu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔɔk̚/	/ɕiəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔaɨwk̚/	/ɕuw^X/
Li Rong	/ʔɔk̚/	/ɕiu^X/
Wang Li	/ɔk̚/	/ɕĭəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔɔk̚/	/ɕi̯ə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yue	shǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ok³	sau²

Verb

握⫽手 (verb-object)

to shake hands
我與他握手了。／我与他握手了。 ― Wǒ yǔ tā wòshǒu le. ― I shook hands with him.
(computing) to handshake

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 握手 (“to shake hands”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		握手, 拉手
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	握手, 拉手兒
	Taiwan	握手
	Chengde	握手
	Chifeng	握手
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	握手, 拉手
	Heihe	握手, 拉手
	Qiqihar	握手
	Harbin	握手
	Jiamusi	握手, 拉手
	Baicheng	握手, 拉手
	Changchun	握手, 拉手
	Tonghua	握手, 拉手
	Shenyang	握手, 拉手
	Jinzhou	握手, 拉手兒
	Singapore	握手
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	握手
	Tangshan	握手, 拉手
	Cangzhou	握手, 拉手
	Baoding	握手, 拉手兒
	Shijiazhuang	握手, 拉手
	Lijin	握手, 拉手
	Jinan	握手
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	拉手
	Dandong	握手, 拉手
	Yantai	拉手兒
	Qingdao	握手兒
	Zhucheng	握手
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	握手
	Jining	握手兒
	Linfen	握手
	Shangqiu	握手, 拉手
	Yuanyang	握手, 拉手
	Xinyang	握手
	Baihe	握手
	Xi'an	握手
	Baoji	握手
	Tianshui	握手
	Xining	握手, 拉手
	Xuzhou	握手
	Fuyang	握手, 拉手
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	握手, 拉手
	Lanzhou	握手, 拉手
	Dunhuang	握手, 拉手
	Hami	拉手
	Ürümqi	拉手兒, 拉手
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	握手
	Nanchong	握手
	Dazhou	握手
	Hanyuan	握手
	Xichang	握手, 拉手
	Zigong	握手
	Chongqing	握手
	Wuhan	握手, 拉手, 抓手
	Yichang	拉手
	Xiangyang	握手
	Tianmen	握手, 拉手
	Guiyang	握手
	Zunyi	握手
	Bijie	握手
	Liping	握手
	Zhaotong	握手, 拉手
	Dali	握手
	Kunming	握手, 拉手
	Mengzi	握手
	Guilin	握手
	Liuzhou	握手, 拉手
	Jishou	握手
	Changde	握手
	Hanzhong	握手
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	握手
	Yangzhou	握手
	Lianyungang	握手
	Lianshui	握手
	Nantong	握手
	Anqing	握手
	Wuhu	握手
	Hefei	握手
	Hong'an	握手
Cantonese	Hong Kong	握手
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	扼手
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	扼手
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	扼手
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	握手
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	扼手
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	扼手
Huizhou	Shexian	握手
Jin	Taiyuan	握手
	Yangyuan	握手, 拉手
	Datong	握手
	Xinzhou	握手
	Lüliang (Lishi)	握手
	Changzhi	握手
	Linhe	握手, 拉手
	Jining	握手
	Hohhot	握手, 拉手
	Erenhot	拉手
	Pingshan	握手, 拉手
	Zhangjiakou	握手, 拉手
	Handan	握手, 拉手
	Linzhou	握手
	Suide	握手
Southern Min	Xiamen	握手
	Quanzhou	握手
	Jinjiang	勢手
	Zhangzhou	握手
	Tainan	握手
	Manila (Hokkien)	勢手
Wu	Suzhou	握手

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (握手):

→ Japanese: 握手(あくしゅ) (akushu)
→ Korean: 악수(握手) (aksu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
握	手
あく Grade: S	しゅ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あくしゅ [áꜜkùshù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [a̠kɯ̟ɕɨ]

Noun

握(あく)手(しゅ) • (akushu)

Verb

握(あく)手(しゅ)する • (akushu suru) intransitive suru (stem 握(あく)手(しゅ)し (akushu shi), past 握(あく)手(しゅ)した (akushu shita))

to shake hands
(figurative) to join hands; to reconcile; to make up
- 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 14, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 中両親と私 [My Parents and I]:
  二(ふた)人(り)に共(きょう)通(つう)な父(ちち)、その父(ちち)の死(し)のうとしている枕(まくら)元(もと)で、兄(あに)と私(わたくし)は握(あく)手(しゅ)したのであった。
  Futari ni kyōtsū na chichi, sono chichi no shinō to shite iru makuramoto de, ani to watakushi wa akushu shita no de atta.
  At the bedside of our common father, our father on the verge of death, my brother and I joined hands.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "握手する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	握手し	あくしゅし	akushu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	握手し	あくしゅし	akushu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	握手する	あくしゅする	akushu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	握手する	あくしゅする	akushu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	握手すれ	あくしゅすれ	akushu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	握手せよ¹ 握手しろ²	あくしゅせよ¹ あくしゅしろ²	akushu seyo¹ akushu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	握手される	あくしゅされる	akushu sareru
Causative	握手させる握手さす	あくしゅさせるあくしゅさす	akushu saseru akushu sasu
Potential	握手できる	あくしゅできる	akushu dekiru
Volitional	握手しよう	あくしゅしよう	akushu shiyō
Negative	握手しない	あくしゅしない	akushu shinai
Negative continuative	握手せず	あくしゅせず	akushu sezu
Formal	握手します	あくしゅします	akushu shimasu
Perfective	握手した	あくしゅした	akushu shita
Conjunctive	握手して	あくしゅして	akushu shite
Hypothetical conditional	握手すれば	あくしゅすれば	akushu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“握手”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
握	手

Noun

握手 • (aksu) (hangeul 악수)

hanja form^? of 악수 (“handshake”)