拥
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to hold in one's arms; to embrace; to surround; to gather around; to throng; to swarm; (bound form) to support (as in 擁護|拥护[yong1 hu4]); (literary) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [yong3]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 手 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 擁
- Common rank
- #2,177
- Unicode
- U+62E5
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
hug · Heisig RSH #2775
fingers + rack
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 拥
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一拥而上 | to swarm around; flocking (to see) | |
| 一拥而入 | to swarm in (of people etc) (idiom) | |
| 拥兵自重 | (of a warlord etc) to assemble one's personal army, thereby presenting a challenge to the … | |
| 拥有权 | right of ownership | |
| 拥护者 | supporter (person) | |
| 徒拥虚名 | see 徒有虛名|徒有虚名[tu2 you3 xu1 ming2] | |
| 交通拥挤 | traffic congestion | |
| 拥有 | to have; to possess; to own | |
| 蜂拥而至 | to arrive in huge numbers; to flock there | |
| 相拥 | to hug each other | |
| 拥立 | (formal) to back sb as leader | |
| 双拥 | mutual support between the military and the people – specifically, support provided by loc… | |
| 拥护 | to endorse; to support | |
| 拥塞 | to be clogged up; to be congested (traffic, computer network etc) | |
| 左拥右抱 | (idiom) to have a girl on each arm | |
| 坐拥 | to possess; to have at one's disposal; to enjoy the benefit of | |
| 拥挤不堪 | overcrowded; jam-packed | |
| 蜂拥 | to swarm; to flock; to throng | |
| 拥抱 | to embrace; to hug | |
| 拥戴 | to give one's allegiance; (popular) support |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 用 — compare how they read.