Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
embrace, hug, hold in arms
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
871 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 抱負 【ホウフ】 aspiration, ambition, plan, hopes, wishes
  • 抱擁 【ホウヨウ】 embrace, hug, holding in one's arms
  • 懐抱 【カイホウ】 bearing in mind (a thought, feeling, etc.), embrace, hug, holding in one's arms, bosom, (breast) pocket
  • 合抱 【ゴウホウ】 armful

Kun reading compounds

  • 抱く 【だく】 to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby), to embrace, to hug, to have sex with, to make love to, to sleep with, to sit on (eggs), to brood
  • 抱く 【いだく】 to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby), to embrace, to hug, to have (a thought or feeling), to hold, to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.), to harbor, to bear (a grudge, ill will, etc.), to entertain (hope, illusions, etc.), to cherish (e.g. an ambition)
  • 抱える 【かかえる】 to hold in one's arms, to carry in one's arms, to carry under one's arm, to hold (one's head) in one's hands, to have (problems, debts, etc.), to take on (a responsibility), to be burdened with (e.g. care of a family member), to have (children, etc.) to provide for, to employ, to have (on one's staff), to hire

Readings

Japanese names:
たば
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bao4
Korean:
po

Spanish

  • abrazo
  • sostener en los brazos
  • abrazar

Portuguese

  • abraço
  • abraçar
  • segura em braços

French

  • prendre dans les bras
  • étreindre
  • embrasser
1794 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1229 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1883 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1633 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
562 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
584 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1285 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1359 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1012 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
883 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
363 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
227 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
271 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
652 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11917P Morohashi
306 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125 New Nelson (John Haig)
645 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
697 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1186 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1356 2001 Kanji
3c5.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
5701.2 Four corner code
1-42-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
62b1 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:
dog
Kun:
いぬいぬ-
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
1326 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 犬猿の仲 【ケンエンノナカ】 like cats and dogs, (on) very bad terms, relationship of dogs and monkeys
  • 犬猿 【ケンエン】 cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship), dogs and monkeys
  • 柴犬 【シバイヌ】 shiba inu (dog breed), shiba, brushwood dog
  • ポメラニア犬 【ポメラニアケン】 Pomeranian (dog)

Kun reading compounds

  • 犬 【いぬ】 dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris), squealer, rat, snitch, informer, informant, spy, loser, asshole, counterfeit, inferior, useless, wasteful
  • 犬合わせ 【いぬあわせ】 dog fighting, dog fight
  • 野良犬 【のらいぬ】 stray dog
  • 柴犬 【しばいぬ】 shiba inu (dog breed), shiba, brushwood dog

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
quan3, quan2
Korean:
gyeon

Spanish

  • perro

Portuguese

  • Cão

French

  • chien
66 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
73 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
17 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1295 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2868 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
578 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
216 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
107 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.17 Japanese for Busy People
280 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
280 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
319 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1295 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4275 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2160 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2912 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
243 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20234 Morohashi
3464 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3553 New Nelson (John Haig)
238 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
253 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
29 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
3g0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-4 SKIP code
4303.0 Four corner code
1-24-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
72ac Unicode hex code