拥

拥 · yōng

embrace, hug, squeeze; crowd

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

embrace, hug, squeeze; crowd

Mandarin
yōng
Cantonese
jung2

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 拥 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Not recorded for this exact character in this dataset. This does not mean the language has no reading.

Korean 한국어

Not recorded for this exact character in this dataset. This does not mean the language has no reading.

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Character readings · Quốc ngữ

dùng

Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kVietnamese ↗ · provisional property

dùng

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+62E5
Radical
手 · 64
Strokes
8 · Unihan
Residual
5

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

8 strokes
拥
Strokes
8
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

8 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿰扌用(GHV)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 拥

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

History & distinctions

Related forms

擁

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
yōng
kCantonese
jung2
kDefinition
embrace, hug, squeeze; crowd
kTotalStrokes
8
kRSUnicode
64.5
kTraditionalVariant
U+64C1
kTGH
2013:974

Readings across dictionaries

Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
yōng 1391.110
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

Find examples using 拥 ↗

The attributed sentence collection is still small; this spelling has no retained example yet.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
26dictionary records using 拥0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
扌 beside 用 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Vietnam
Source notation ^⿰扌用$(GHV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

Decompose & trace ↗Browse all 26 word records ↗Explore sound families ↗Component search ↗
Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰扌用$(GHV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.