Wiktionary

抱

See also: 抔
抱 U+62B1, 抱
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62B1
← 抰
[U+62B0] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 抲 →
[U+62B2]
抱 U+2F8B5, 抱
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8B5
← 扝
[U+2F8B4] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 拔 →
[U+2F8B6]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 
Japanese 抱
Simplified 抱
Traditional 抱

Han character edit

抱 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手心口山 (QPRU), four-corner 57012, composition ⿰扌包)

  1. embrace, hold in arms, enfold

References edit

  • 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

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
 抱

Glyph origin edit

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
     
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 edit

Note:
  • bou6 - equivalent to 菢;
  • paau1 - equivalent to 拋.
Note:
  • phǒ͘/phō - literary;
  • phǒ/phǎu/phāu/pǎu/pāu - vernacular;
  • pō - unknown dialect.
Rime
Character 抱
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 並 (3)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 薄浩切
Baxter bawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/bɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/bɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/bɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/bawX/
Li
Rong 		/bɑuX/
Wang
Li 		/bɑuX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/bʱɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bou6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 抱
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		bào
Middle
Chinese 		‹ bawX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[m-p]ˁuʔ/
English carry in the arms

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 抱
Reading # 1/1
No. 268
Phonetic
component 		勹
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		抱
Old
Chinese 		/*buːʔ/

Definitions edit

抱

  1. to heft in the arms; to carry
  2. to hug; to embrace
  3. to incubate
  4. Classifier for things held or encircled with both arms (books, hay, firewood, trees, etc.).
  5. a surname

Synonyms edit

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 edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai 抱
Kyūjitai
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抱󠄁
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抱󠄃
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Kanji edit

抱

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. To embrace
  2. To carry, hold or bear

Readings edit

References edit

  1. ^ “抱”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎[1] (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

Korean edit

Hanja edit

抱 (eumhun 안을 포 (aneul po))

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Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

抱: Hán Nôm readings: bão

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