擁
embrace; hug; possess; protect; lead
16 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1213.
Readings
Components
- 扌
- 雍
- 亠 radical lid
- 幺 radical short thread
- ⺘ radical hand, left-side form of 手
- 隹 radical short-tailed bird
Words using 擁
- 擁する (ようする) to embrace
- 擁立 (ようりつ) backing (for a position)
- 擁護 (ようご) protection
- 抱擁 (ほうよう) embrace
- 人権擁護 (じんけんようご) protection of human rights
10 words in all.