Sunday, September 14, 2008

HUG

抱 ホウ、だ(く)、いだ(く)、かか(える)

JY F1143 8 strokes 306
COMPOUNDS
Hug, embrace, hold in one’s arms, enfold
抱擁する・ほうようする embrace, hug, hold in one’s arms
抱卵・ほうらん・incubation
介抱・かいほう・nurse, care for
Hug, cherish, entertain (harbor a thought or feeling)
抱懐する・ほうかいする・harbor, cherish, entertain
抱負・ほうふ・aspiration, ambition
辛抱・しんぼう・patience, endurance, forbearance
KUN
抱く・だく・hug, embrace
抱く・いだく・harbor (suspicion), entertain (hope), cherish, hold (a belief)
疑いを抱く・うたがいをいだく・harbor a suspicion
抱え・かかえ・armful; employee
抱え込む・かかえこむ・take upon oneself, hold in one’s arms

“Hand” , here meaning arms, together with “wrap/envelop” – so to wrap, envelope with ones arms – i.e. hug or embrace.

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