拥
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]
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,177 U+62E5
How 拥 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 用 (phonetic, yòng)
How to remember it
hug · Heisig RSH #2775
fingers + rack
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 用
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 用 (yòng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 用 sound component | yòng | to use, to employ, to apply; use |
| 庸 | yōng | usual, common, ordinary, mediocre |
| 甬 | yǒng | path; river in Ningbo; Ningbo |
| 痈 | yōng | ulcer, sore, carbuncle, abcess |
Words containing 拥
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一拥而上 | yī yōng ér shàng | to swarm around; flocking (to see) |
| 一拥而入 | yī yōng ér rù | to swarm in (of people etc) (idiom) |
| 拥兵自重 | yōng bīng zì zhòng | (of a warlord etc) to assemble one's personal army, thereby presenting a challenge to the … |
| 拥有权 | yōng yǒu quán | right of ownership |
| 拥护者 | yōng hù zhě | supporter (person) |
| 徒拥虚名 | tú yōng xū míng | see 徒有虛名|徒有虚名[tu2 you3 xu1 ming2] |
| 交通拥挤 | jiāo tōng yōng jǐ | traffic congestion |
| 拥有 | yōng yǒu | to have; to possess; to own |
| 蜂拥而至 | fēng yōng ér zhì | to arrive in huge numbers; to flock there |
| 相拥 | xiāng yōng | to hug each other |
| 拥立 | yōng lì | (formal) to back sb as leader |
| 双拥 | shuāng yōng | mutual support between the military and the people – specifically, support provided by loc… |
| 拥护 | yōng hù | to endorse; to support |
| 拥塞 | yōng sè | to be clogged up; to be congested (traffic, computer network etc) |
| 左拥右抱 | zuǒ yōng yòu bào | (idiom) to have a girl on each arm |
| 坐拥 | zuò yōng | to possess; to have at one's disposal; to enjoy the benefit of |
| 拥挤不堪 | yōng jǐ bù kān | overcrowded; jam-packed |
| 蜂拥 | fēng yōng | to swarm; to flock; to throng |
| 拥抱 | yōng bào | to embrace; to hug |
| 拥戴 | yōng dài | to give one's allegiance; (popular) support |