擁
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning
hug, embrace, possess, protect, lead
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- ヨウJHS
- Other languages
- 拼音yong3
- 拼音yong1
- 한글ong
- Hán-ViệtỦng
- Hán-ViệtUng
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 16 strokes
- Radical
- 手(て)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+64C1
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌雍
Words using this kanji
- 擁立ようりつ君主などを擁護して即位させること。また、そのように盛り立てること。backing (for a position), giving support to, helping (someone) to a position
- 擁護ようご害されないよう庇い守ること。protection, defence, support, safeguarding
- 擁するようする抱く。抱きかかえる。 所有する。 したがえる。ひきいる。to embrace, to hug, to have, to possess
- 擁壁ようへき盛土や切土の斜面の土砂が崩れるのを防止するための壁のような構造物。retaining wall, breast wall, revetment
- 擁護論ようごろんchampionship, defense (e.g. of a position in debate), apologetics
- 擁護者ようごしゃ擁護する人。advocate, defender, champion, backer
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
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Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-3-13- Four Corner
5001.4- Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c13.5- Heisig
- 1488
- Nelson
- 2013