Chinese Character 抱 Meanings and components.

Form

抱

Meaning

抱 meaning[3] in English

To Hold.

To Carry (In One's Arms).

To Hug.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 抱 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and surname Bao (包)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QPRU

How to write 抱

To write抱bao4to hold you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 包bao1surname Bao arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 包 = 抱

抱 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 抱 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 抱, looks as follow:

抱
Pinyin:bao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Hold . To Carry (In One'S Arms) . To Hug . To Embrace . To Surround . To Cherish
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
包
Pinyin:bao1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Bao
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
巳
Pinyin:si4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: 6th Earthly Branch: 9-11 A.M., 4th Solar Month (5th May-5th June), Year Of The Snake . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 150°

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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