拥 yōng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 用 to use, to employ, to apply
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
拥抱
yōngbào
to hug
Characters in this word
抱 bào
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 包 wrap, pack, bundle
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 妈妈拥抱孩子。 Māma yōngbào háizi. Mom hugs the child.
- 他们拥抱了。 Tāmen yōngbào le. They hugged.
- 我想拥抱你。 Wǒ xiǎng yōngbào nǐ. I want to hug you.