抱

See also 抔

Translingual

Stroke order

shinjitai	抱
simplified	抱
traditional	抱

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 手 (“扌”) + phonetic 包 – hold in one’s hands. Note that 包 has the meaning of “wrap”, hence connotations of “wrap in one’s hands, embrace”.

Han character

抱 (radical 64 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手心口山 (QPRU), four-corner 5701₂)

1. embrace, hold in arms, enfold

References

• KangXi: page 423, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11917
• Dae Jaweon: page 771, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1856, character 4
• Unihan data for U+62B1

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Cantonese

Hanzi

抱 (Yale pou5, bou6)

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Japanese

Kanji

抱 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ほう (hō)
• Kun: いだく (idaku), だく (daku), かかえる (kakaeru)

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Korean

Hanja

抱 (hangeul 포, revised po, McCune-Reischauer p'o, Yale pho)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

抱 (pinyin bào (bao4), Wade-Giles pao⁴)

Compounds

• 拥抱
• 抱歉
• 抱笙

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Vietnamese

Han character

抱 (bão)