Meanings
- embrace
- hug
- hold in arms
Strokes8
JLPT levelN3
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#871 of 2,500
Kanji N3
抱: embrace, hug, hold in arms
抱 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning embrace, hug, hold in arms, written with 8 strokes. It is read ホウ (on) and だく, いだく, かかえる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 抱える (かかえる, to hold in one's arms) and 抱く (いだく, to hold in one's arms).
抱
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- ホウ
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- だく
- いだく
- かかえる
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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Common words with 抱
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- 抱えるかかえるJLPT N3
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms
- 抱くいだくJLPT N3
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace
- JLPT N1
- JLPT N1
- 抱えかかえ
armful
- 抱っこだっこ
carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.)
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