抱
Embrace, Hug JLPT N3
8 strokes · school grade 8 · frequency rank #871
Meaning
Embrace, Hug, Hold In Arms
Readings
On’yomiホウ hou
Kun’yomiだ.く daku、いだ.く idaku、かか.える kakaeru
Radical
Components
- 扌 (radical)
- 包 — Wrap
Example sentences
- 彼女は赤ん坊を両腕に抱きしめた。She folded the baby in her arms.
- その雌鶏は一週間卵を抱いている。The hen has been brooding its eggs for a week.
- めんどりはひなを抱え込んでいる。The hen keeps her brood under her.
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