抱

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8
Variants: 抔

Pronunciation

Pinyin: bào, pāo, pǒu
Cantonese: bou6 pou5
JapaneseKun: IDAKU DAKU KAKAERU
JapaneseOn: HOU
Korean: PHO
Vietnamese: bão

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: embrace, hold in arms, enfold

CE-Dict: to hold/to carry (in one's arms)/to hug or embrace/surround/cherish

Soothill: Embrace, enfold, cherish.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to hold in the arms; to hug; to embrace
2.to adopt (a child)
3.to have one's first child (or grandchild)
4.to hold (in the mind); to harbor

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: caress; embrace; hug; incubate; nestle

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: hold or carry in the arm; adopt

湘雅醫學專業詞典: brood

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】抱
【唐韻】薄浩切【集韻】【韻會】簿晧切【正韻】蒲晧切，𠀤袍上聲。懷也。【說文】袌，俗作抱。【司馬相如·上林賦】長千仞，大連抱。夸條直暢，實葉葰楙。【註】楙音茆。　又【廣韻】持也。【增韻】挾也。　又【集韻】【韻會】薄報切【正韻】蒲報切，𠀤音暴。與袌菢同。◎按《說文》捊，步侯切，或从包作抱，徐鉉曰：今作薄報切，以爲懷袌字，非是。廣韻，集韻去聲止有袌菢，而無抱。《正字通》云：懷袌之袌亦作抱，轉爲去聲，卽懷抱之義。今考經史抱字多無音切，讀从去聲亦可，義與上聲同。【書·召誥】保抱攜持厥婦子。【詩·大雅】亦旣抱子。【禮·儒行】抱義而處。【儀禮士】相見禮】凡與大人言，始視面，中視抱。　又氣向日也。【前漢·天文志】暈適背穴，抱珥𧈫蜺。【註】凡氣向日爲抱，向外爲背。　又【揚子·方言】北燕朝鮮洌水之閒謂伏雞曰抱。　又【唐韻】薄交切【集韻】蒲交切，𠀤音庖。【集韻】房尤切，音浮。蒲侯切，音裒。𠀤與掊捊同。引取也。　又【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤披交切，與抛通。棄也，擲也。【史記·三代世表】姜嫄生后稷，抱之山中。【皮日休詩】季春人病抱芳杜。

Buddhism words and phrases embrace

CF-Dict: tenir/étreindre/serrer dans ses bras/enlacer/chérir/entourer

Han-De-Dict: adoptieren (V)/in den Armen halten, umarmen (V)/mit den Armen umfassen (V)/sich an etwas festhalten, zusammenhalten (V)