擁 — readings, stroke count and radical

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.

See all words containing this kanji(10 results)

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