JLPT N39画 · 9 strokesradical 抱
hug, embrace, hold
On'yomi (音読み)
- ホウ
- ボウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- だ.く
- いだ.く
Meanings across languages
- English
- hug, embrace, hold
- Tiếng Việt
- ôm, khoác, nắm giữ
- 日本語
- 抱く, 抱える
Common compounds
- 抱負ほうふambition, aspiration
- 抱え込むかかえこむto hug, to embrace, to carry (a burden)
- 抱擁ほうようhug, embrace
- 抱きしめるだきしめるto hold tightly, to embrace
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