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Kanji Detail for 擁 - "to embrace, to support, to protect"
擁
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Meaning
擁 means "to embrace, to support, to protect."
Embrace - To hold in one's arms.
Support - To uphold; to back.
Protect - To guard; to shield.
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Words using 擁
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擁立
ようりつ
backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position
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擁護
ようご
protection; defence; support
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擁する
ようする
to embrace; to hug; to have
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人権擁護
じんけんようご
protection of human rights
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擁立
ようりつ
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Tattoo check: 擁
- Verified meaning: to embrace, to support, to protect
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read よう, らんぽ)
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 擁
Given names 擁(よう)
Surnames 擁(らんぽ)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
hug; embrace; possess; protect; lead
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
embrace, hug, squeeze; crowd
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to hold in one's arms; to embrace; to surround; to gather around; to throng; to swarm; (bound form) to support (as in 擁護|拥护[yong1 hu4]); (literary) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [yong3]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to have, to hold; to embrace, to hug; to flock, to throng
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To embrace. Such as 左抱右擁. | Like blocking. Such as 擁蔽. | To protect; to crowd around. Such as 擁護, 擁擠.
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 擁
Who defended Tom?
They stood up for the rights of their nation.
The patriots stood up for the rights of their nation.
That candidate stands for free trade.
That is a large force with 5,000 soldiers.
She is a strenuous supporter of women's rights.
We are entrusted with the protection of children's rights.
We must fight for our democracy.
His speech was an effective apology for the Government's policies.
We must always stand up for our rights.
More kanji with the radical 手 扌 (te・tehen)
- 才 talent, ability
- 手 hand, arm
- 打 to strike, to hit
- 払 to pay, to brush off
- 托 entrust, support, request
- 扱 to handle
- 扶 support, help
- 批 to strike
- 技 skill, technique, art
- 抄 to copy, to extract
- 把 grasp, handle, bundle
- 抑 to suppress, to control
- 投 to throw, to pitch, to give up
- 抗 to resist
- 折 to fold, to break, occasion
- 抜 to pull out
- 択 to choose, to select, option
- 承 to hear
- 披 open, reveal
- 抱 to embrace, to employ
- 抵 to touch, to resist
- 抹 erase, rub
- 押 to push, seal
- 抽 to select, abstract
- 拂 brush
- 担 to carry, charge, to take on