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抱

Level V of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 644 / 2,608

Hug

On’yomi
ほう
Kun’yomi
だ
Radical
手 Hand (Kangxi 64)

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 探 (Look For), less common than 焼 (Bake).

Fingers on the left reach out to wrap around something on the right — your fingers wrapping around someone in a warm, tight hug.

In words

抱く いだく (sl) to embrace,to hug,to harbour,to entertainN3
抱える かかえる to hold or carry under or in the armsN3
辛抱 しんぼう patience;enduranceN1

抱 is rank 644 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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