抱
See also: 抔
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Translingual
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| Japanese | 抱 |
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| Simplified | 抱 |
| Traditional | 抱 |
Han character
抱 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手心口山 (QPRU), four-corner 57012, composition ⿰扌包)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 423, character 8
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11917
- Dae Jaweon: page 771, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1856, character 4
- Unihan data for U+62B1
- Unihan data for U+2F8B5
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
抱 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 抱 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (勹) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 袍 | *buː |
| 袌 | *buː, *buːs |
| 軳 | *buː |
| 抱 | *buːʔ |
| 勽 | *buːs, *mɯnʔ |
| 菢 | *buːs |
| 勹 | *pruː |
| 包 | *pruː |
| 胞 | *pruː, *pʰruː |
| 苞 | *pruː |
| 枹 | *pruː, *bu, *bu |
| 飽 | *pruːʔ |
| 泡 | *pʰruː, *m̥ʰruːs, *bruː |
| 炮 | *pʰruːs, *bruː |
| 皰 | *pʰruːs, *bruːs |
| 疱 | *pʰruːs, *bruːs |
| 跑 | *bruː, *bruːɡ |
| 咆 | *bruː |
| 庖 | *bruː |
| 匏 | *bruː |
| 刨 | *bruː |
| 狍 | *bruː |
| 炰 | *bruː |
| 鉋 | *bruː, *bruːs |
| 瓟 | *bruː, *bruːɡ |
| 颮 | *bruː, *pʰruːɡ |
| 鞄 | *bruː, *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *pʰruːɡ |
| 鮑 | *bruːʔ |
| 骲 | *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *bruːɡ, *pʰoːɡ |
| 玸 | *bu |
| 雹 | *bruːɡ |
| 窇 | *bruːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *buːʔ) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 包 (OC *pruː) – hold in one’s hands. Note that 包 has the meaning of “wrap”, hence connotations of “wrap in one’s hands, embrace”, thereby also making it an ideogrammic compound.
Pronunciation
Definitions
抱
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 摟 (“to hug; to embrace”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 擁, 摟 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 摟抱, 擁抱 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 摟 |
| Taiwan | 摟, 抱 | |
| Jinan | 摟 | |
| Xi'an | 摟 | |
| Wuhan | 箍, 摟 | |
| Chengdu | 抱, 摟 | |
| Yangzhou | 摟, 抱 | |
| Hefei | 摟, 抱 | |
| Singapore | 擁抱, 抱 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 攬 |
| Hong Kong | 攬 | |
| Taishan | 攬 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 攬 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 攬, 箍 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 揇 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 揇 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 揇 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 揇 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 揇 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 揇 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 攬 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 摟 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 抱 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 兜, 攬 |
| Matsu | 攬 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 攬 |
| Quanzhou | 攬 | |
| Zhangzhou | 攬 | |
| Taipei | 攬 | |
| Kaohsiung | 攬 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 攬 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 攬 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 攬 | |
| Chaozhou | 攬 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 搿 |
| Suzhou | 搿 | |
| Wenzhou | 搩 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 箍, 摟 |
| Shuangfeng | 傘, 箍 | |
Compounds
- 不抱幻想
- 偎抱 (wēibào)
- 初歸新抱落地孩兒/初归新抱落地孩儿
- 合抱 (hébào)
- 合抱之木,生於毫末/合抱之木,生于毫末
- 圍抱/围抱
- 平時不燒香,急來抱佛腳/平时不烧香,急来抱佛脚
- 平時不燒香,臨時抱佛腳/平时不烧香,临时抱佛脚 (píngshí bù shāoxiāng, línshí bào fójiǎo)
- 心抱
- 心抱仔
- 急來抱佛腳/急来抱佛脚
- 急時抱佛腳/急时抱佛脚
- 懷抱/怀抱 (huáibào)
- 懷抱兒/怀抱儿
- 打抱不平 (dǎbàobùpíng)
- 投懷送抱/投怀送抱 (tóuhuáisòngbào)
- 抱不平 (bào bùpíng)
- 抱佛腳/抱佛脚 (bào fójiǎo)
- 抱團兒/抱团儿
- 抱團兒思維/抱团儿思维
- 抱大腿 (bào dàtuǐ)
- 抱委屈 (bào wěiqū)
- 抱娃娃
- 抱定
- 抱屈 (bàoqū)
- 抱廈/抱厦 (bàoshà)
- 抱怨 (bàoyuàn)
- 抱怨 (bàoyuàn)
- 抱恙 (bàoyàng)
- 抱恨 (bàohèn)
- 抱恨終天/抱恨终天 (bàohènzhōngtiān)
- 抱愧 (bàokuì)
- 抱憾 (bàohàn)
- 抱成一團/抱成一团
- 抱打不平
- 抱抱 (bàobào)
- 抱抱團/抱抱团
- 抱抱裝/抱抱装
- 抱持 (bàochí)
- 抱拳 (bàoquán)
- 抱摔
- 抱有 (bàoyǒu)
- 抱有幻想
- 抱枕 (bàozhěn)
- 抱柱
- 抱歉 (bàoqiàn)
- 抱殘守缺/抱残守缺 (bàocánshǒuquē)
- 抱犢崮/抱犊崮
- 抱疚
- 抱病 (bàobìng)
- 抱病工作
- 抱窩/抱窝 (bàowō)
- 抱笙
- 抱粗腿 (bào cūtuǐ)
- 抱罪
- 抱腰
- 抱腳/抱脚
- 抱腳兒/抱脚儿
- 抱薪救火 (bàoxīn-jiùhuǒ)
- 抱蛋
- 抱負/抱负 (bàofù)
- 抱身兒/抱身儿 (bàoshēnr)
- 抱雞婆/抱鸡婆
- 抱頭/抱头 (bàotóu)
- 抱頭痛哭/抱头痛哭 (bàotóutòngkū)
- 抱頭鼠竄/抱头鼠窜 (bàotóu-shǔcuàn)
- 抱養/抱养 (bàoyǎng)
- 抱龍/抱龙 (Bàolóng)
- 拱抱
- 推襟送抱
- 摟抱/搂抱 (lǒubào)
- 撫抱/抚抱 (fǔbào)
- 擁抱/拥抱 (yōngbào)
- 攔腰抱住/拦腰抱住
- 新抱
- 水抱
- 琵琶別抱/琵琶别抱 (pípábiébào)
- 環抱/环抱 (huánbào)
- 萬分抱歉/万分抱歉
- 緊抱/紧抱
- 臨急抱佛腳/临急抱佛脚 (línjí bào fójiǎo)
- 臨時抱佛腳/临时抱佛脚 (línshí bào fójiǎo)
- 蜘蛛抱蛋
- 襟抱
- 防抱死系統/防抱死系统
References
- “Entry #3956”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
Japanese
| Shinjitai | 抱 | |
| Kyūjitai [1] |
抱󠄁 抱+ 󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) |
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| 抱󠄃 抱+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Readings
References
- “抱”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia) (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
Korean
Vietnamese
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