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抱 だ.く、いだ.く、かか.える embrace, hug, hold in arms 3 871 8 64 て・てへん 形声 Phonetic When embracing someone, wrap your fingers around her butt for added effect. You may think of "bound with snakes" as a description of the fingers slithering around the buttocks, if you want a particularly graphic image. 697

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ホウ たば 抱える(かかえる): (1) to hold or carry under or in the arms (2) to have (esp. problems, debts, etc.) (3) to employ; to engage; to hire辛抱(しんぼう): patience; endurance抱く(いだく): (1) to embrace; to hold in the arms (e.g. a baby); to hug (2) to harbour (e.g. grudge) (harbor); to bear (e.g. a grudge); to entertain (e.g. suspicion) (3) to have sex with; to make love to; to sleep with (4) to sit on eggs抱っこ(だっこ): (child's) hug; carrying a baby in one's arms; carrying a pet in one's arms介抱(かいほう): nursing; looking after S 手: hand包: wrap; pack up; cover; conceal 手 4 (none) embrace Here, I´m picturing that scene from ET (the extra terrestrial), where ET hugs Elliot before leaving. You see that EMBRACE is ET´s long FINGERS that WRAP around Elliot.

Kanji	抱
Onyomi	ホウ
Kunyomi	だ.く、いだ.く、かか.える
Nanori	たば
English	embrace, hug, hold in arms
Examples	抱える(かかえる): (1) to hold or carry under or in the arms (2) to have (esp. problems, debts, etc.) (3) to employ; to engage; to hire 辛抱(しんぼう): patience; endurance 抱く(いだく): (1) to embrace; to hold in the arms (e.g. a baby); to hug (2) to harbour (e.g. grudge) (harbor); to bear (e.g. a grudge); to entertain (e.g. suspicion) (3) to have sex with; to make love to; to sleep with (4) to sit on eggs 抱っこ(だっこ): (child's) hug; carrying a baby in one's arms; carrying a pet in one's arms 介抱(かいほう): nursing; looking after
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	871
Components	手: hand 包: wrap; pack up; cover; conceal
Number of Strokes	8
Kanji Radical	手
Radical Number	64
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	て・てへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	embrace
Koohii Story 1	When embracing someone, wrap your fingers around her butt for added effect. You may think of "bound with snakes" as a description of the fingers slithering around the buttocks, if you want a particularly graphic image.
Koohii Story 2	Here, I´m picturing that scene from ET (the extra terrestrial), where ET hugs Elliot before leaving. You see that EMBRACE is ET´s long FINGERS that WRAP around Elliot.
RTK Index (new)	697

Arms E.G Hold Fingers Carrying One's Embrace Wrap