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

a matter for ridicule; an object of ridicule; laughingstock

handle; video game controller

sword hilt

petiole; leafstalk

state power

at the helm of state; political power; regime

handle of the Big Dipper

crank handle

authority

stem of a fruit

pump handle

eye stalk (of crustacean etc)

shaft

mushroom stem

a pretext for gossip; a matter for derision

long handle; stem

hand crank

manubrium of malleus (handle of hammer bone), connecting ossicles 聽小骨|听小骨 to tympanum 鼓膜

to hand someone the swordhilt (idiom); to give someone a hold on oneself

gamepad