Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 雍 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (擁)
Simplified (拥)
Notes
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Historical Evolution
擁
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
擁
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
擁
Regular
Modern
Chinese
拥 / 擁 [yōng]
to hold; to embrace; to wrap around; to gather around (sb); to throng; to swarm; to support; Taiwan pr. [yǒng]
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
擁 よう
Yō female given name
擁 らんぽ
Ranpo unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (18)
拥有 [yōngyǒu] #737
to have
拥抱 [yōngbào] #2,483
to embrace
拥挤 [yōngjǐ] #8,351
crowded
拥护 [yōnghù] #12,342
to endorse
簇拥 [cùyōng] #39,104
to crowd around
一拥而上 [yīyōng'érshàng] #46,937
to swarm around
拥戴 [yōngdài] #35,522
to give one's allegiance
拥挤不堪 [yōngjǐbùkān] #35,478
overcrowded
蜂拥 [fēngyōng] #27,796
to flock (to see)
拥护者 [yōnghùzhě] #37,781
supporter (person)
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JAPANESE WORDS (11)
⭐ 抱く [いだく] #971
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby)
⭐ 抱擁 [ほうよう] #10,850
embrace
⭐ 擁する [ようする] #19,709
to embrace
⭐ 擁立 [ようりつ] #36,912
backing (for a position)
擁護者 [ようごしゃ] #81,299
advocate
⭐ 人権擁護 [じんけんようご] #93,777
protection of human rights
相擁 [あいよう] #120,165
embrace
擁壁 [ようへき] #149,723
retaining wall
擁護論 [ようごろん] #199,487
championship
応護 [おうご] #257,901
the Buddha's help (aid, succour)
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