Hanja Analyzer
擁

擁 — ong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
낄 옹
Romanization
ong
English
embrace, hug, squeeze; crowd
Mandarin
yōng
Japanese on'yomi
ヨウ, ユ
Japanese kun'yomi
いだく
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,213 of 2,500
Strokes
16
Radical
手 (64, 13 residual)
Phonetic component
雍(옹)
Unicode
U+64C1

Parts that make up 擁

  • 扌 손 수variant of 手 다섯 손가락을 편 손손으로 하는 동작
  • 雍 화(和)할 옹sound 화할 옹(邕)에서 갈라져 나온 글자‘옹’ 계열의 소리

How 擁 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 擁 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 雍.

Korean example words with 擁

  • 옹벽擁壁 Korean gloss: 땅을 깎거나 흙을 쌓아 생기는 비탈이 흙의 압력으로 무너져 내리지 않도록 만든 벽
  • 옹위하다擁圍 Korean gloss: 주위를 둘러싸다
  • 옹폐하다擁蔽 Korean gloss: 보이지 않도록 숨기다
  • 옹립하다擁立 Korean gloss: 임금으로 받들어 모시다
  • 옹호하다擁護 Korean gloss: 두둔하고 편들어 지키다
  • 옹위하다擁衛 Korean gloss: 좌우에서 부축하며 지키고 보호하다
  • 포옹하다抱擁 Korean gloss: 남을 아량으로 너그럽게 품어 주다
  • 포옹력抱擁力 Korean gloss: 남을 아량으로 너그럽게 품어 주는 힘
  • 옹호자擁護者 Korean gloss: 두둔하고 편들어 지켜 주는 사람이나 단체
  • 옹호론擁護論 Korean gloss: 어떤 대상을 두둔하고 편들어 지키거나 감싸는 논의나 주장
  • 옹종擁腫 Korean gloss: 작은 종기.
  • 위옹圍擁 Korean gloss: 두 팔로 껴안음.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 擁

  • 擁立ようりつ backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position
  • 擁護ようご protection; defence; support
  • 擁するようする to embrace; to hug; to have
  • 抱擁ほうよう embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
  • 人権擁護じんけんようご protection of human rights
  • 擁壁ようへき retaining wall; breast wall; revetment
  • 相擁あいよう embrace; hug
  • 擁護論ようごろん championship; defense (e.g. of a position in debate); apologetics
  • 擁護者ようごしゃ advocate; defender; champion
  • 人権擁護連盟じんけんようごれんめい Civil Liberties Union

Characters sharing the phonetic 雍

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “옹” in Korean.

Other hanja read “옹”

Other hanja with radical 手

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