Kanji Detail for 擁 - "embrace, support, protect"

擁

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
擁 means "embrace, support, protect."
1. Embrace - To hold in one's arms.
2. Support - To uphold; to back.
3. Protect - To guard; to shield.
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.
Onyomi

yoh(ヨウ)
Kunyomi
none
Strokes

16 strokes
Radical

手扌 (te・tehen)
Related Keywords
embrace support protect hug hold guard shield defend advocate champion back uphold shelter cradle surround envelop possess maintain foster