Kanji Dictionary

embrace, hug, hold in arms 抱

Readings:
ホウ, だ.く, いだ.く, かか.える, たば
Main radical: 手 (64) Radicals: 勹已扌
Z variant: 抔
Strokes: 8 Jouyou: 8 JIS: 19066
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抱えかかえ (1)armful, (2)employee mix

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抱くいだく (1)to embrace, to hold in the arms (e.g. a baby), to hug, (2)to harbour (e.g. grudge) (harbor), to bear (e.g. a grudge), to entertain (e.g. suspicion); (v5k,vt) (3)to embrace, to hold in the arms ( godan, verb, vtrans

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抱えるかかえる (1)to hold or carry under or in the arms, (2)to have (esp. problems, debts, etc.), (3)to employ, to engage, to hire ichidan, verb, vtrans

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抱負ほうふ aspiration, ambition, pretensionmix

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介抱かいほう nursing, looking aftersuru

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抱き寄せるだきよせる to embraceichidan, verb

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抱くだく to embrace, to hold in the armsgodan, jlpt3, verb, vtrans

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抱き締めるだきしめる to hugai, ichidan, verb, vtrans