抱 – embrace, hug, hold in arms

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#871 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 抱 means embrace, hug, hold in arms. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ホウ (hou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is だ.く、いだ.く、かか.える (daku, idaku, kakaeru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ホウ	hou
Kun’yomi	だ.く	daku
Kun’yomi	いだ.く	idaku
Kun’yomi	かか.える	kakaeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 勹・已・扎.

Words using 抱

抱くいだくto hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby)抱くだくto hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby)抱えるかかえるto hold in one's arms辛抱しんぼうpatience抱っこだっこcarrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.)介抱かいほうnursing

Example sentences

その子供は母親の腕の中に抱かれて安心した。

That child felt secure in his mother's arms.

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その経験で彼女は民主党に対して好感を抱くようになった。

The experience prejudiced her in favor of the Democratic Party.

Tatoeba #211298

彼はあのように若いのに、養わなければならない大家族を抱えている。

Young as he is, he has a large family to support.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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