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擁 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

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3Junior high level ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
ヨウよう · yō
Kun
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Meaning
embrace; support

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

扌 "hand" with 雍: to take into one's arms — to embrace, to support.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onヨウようyō擁護ようご擁立ようりつ抱擁ほうよう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 擁護ようご

    protection; advocacy

  • 抱擁ほうよう

    embrace

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

人権(じんけん)を擁護(ようご)する活動(かつどう)に参加(さんか)した。

I joined an activity advocating human rights.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

抱擁擁護擁抱embrac…護to pro…択choose抑hold…抽extrac…拘arrest掃sweep揺shake揚raise幺tiny夭to die…用to use
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading ヨウAll maps

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