Chinese Character 拥 Meanings and components.

Form

拥

Meaning

拥 meaning[3] in English

To Hold.

To Embrace.

To Wrap Around.

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Main Components

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

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 QBQ

How to write 拥

To write拥yong1to hold you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 用yong4to use arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 用 = 拥

拥 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

拥
Pinyin:yong1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Hold . To Embrace . To Wrap Around . To Gather Around (Sb) . To Throng . To Swarm . To Support . Taiwan Pr. [Yong3]
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
用
Pinyin:yong4
Meaning[3]: To Use . To Employ . To Have To . To Eat Or Drink . Expense Or Outlay . Usefulness . Hence . Therefore
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

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

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

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