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
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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