HSK 3 · Actions with Hands

抓住

zhuā zhù

to catch hold of

Stroke order of 抓住

2 characters, 14 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

抓 · 7 strokes 住 · 7 strokes

Memory trick

Grab (抓) and make it stay (住): to hold on.

Parts: 抓 grab + 住 stay

The characters in 抓住

抓 zhuā — to grab; to catch (7 strokes)
住 zhù — to live (somewhere) (7 strokes)

Example sentence

请抓住这个机会！

Please seize this chance!

Words with 抓

抓to grab; to catch

Words with 住

住to live (somewhere)记住to remember; to memorize 住院to be in hospital 住房housing 站住to stop; halt

More words: Actions with Hands

拍to pat; to take (a photo)抓to grab; to catch 把握to grasp; certainty 把(measure word for handles); to hold 推动to push; to promote 推广to spread; to popularize 推进to push forward 压to press 压力pressure 解开to untie; to undo 配to match; to go with 修to repair; to build 订to book; to subscribe

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