漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
擁: hug, embrace
Also: possess, protect, lead
JLPT N116 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 扌hand(meaning)
- 雍(sound)
扌 carries the meaning · 雍 gives the sound
16 strokes
Bronze · Zhou Small seal · Qin Today
Bronze and small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
One reading, and the words that use it
ヨウyou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 擁立ようりつbacking (for a position); giving support to
- 擁護ようごprotection; defence; support
- 擁するようするto embrace; to hug
- 人権擁護じんけんようごprotection of human rights
- 抱擁ほうよう
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 拥 · traditional, as in Japanese · yōng
Japan keeps the traditional form 擁; mainland China simplifies it to 拥.
- Simplified
- 拥 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 擁 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin yōng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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