抱

See also: 抔

抱	U+62B1, 抱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62B1

← 抰
[U+62B0]

CJK Unified Ideographs

抲 →
[U+62B2]

抱	U+2F8B5, 抱 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8B5

← 扝
[U+2F8B4]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

拔 →
[U+2F8B6]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	抱
Simplified	抱
Traditional	抱

Han character

抱 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手心口山 (QPRU), four-corner 5701₂, composition ⿰扌包)

embrace, hold in arms, enfold

References

KangXi: page 423, character 8
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11917
Dae Jaweon: page 771, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1856, character 4
Unihan data for U+62B1
Unihan data for U+2F8B5

Chinese

simp. and trad.		抱

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 抱
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (勹) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
袍	*buː
袌	buː, buːs
軳	*buː
抱	*buːʔ
勽	buːs, mɯnʔ
菢	*buːs
勹	*pruː
包	*pruː
胞	pruː, pʰruː
苞	*pruː
枹	pruː, bu, *bu
飽	*pruːʔ
泡	pʰruː, m̥ʰruːs, *bruː
炮	pʰruːs, bruː
皰	pʰruːs, bruːs
疱	pʰruːs, bruːs
跑	bruː, bruːɡ
咆	*bruː
庖	*bruː
匏	*bruː
刨	*bruː
狍	*bruː
炰	*bruː
鉋	bruː, bruːs
瓟	bruː, bruːɡ
颮	bruː, pʰruːɡ
鞄	bruː, bruːʔ, bruːs, pʰruːɡ
鮑	*bruːʔ
骲	bruːʔ, bruːs, bruːɡ, pʰoːɡ
玸	*bu
雹	*bruːɡ
窇	*bruːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *buːʔ) : semantic 手 (“扌”) + phonetic 包 (OC *pruː) – hold in one’s hands. Note that 包 has the meaning of “wrap”, hence connotations of “wrap in one’s hands, embrace”, thereby also making it an ideogrammic compound.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bào (bao⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˋ
(Chengdu, SP): bao⁴
Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁵, bou⁶, paau¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): phau
(Meixian, Guangdong): pau⁴
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): phǒ͘ / phō / phǒ / phǎu / phāu / pǎu / pāu
(Teochew, Peng'im): po⁶
Wu (Wiktionary): bau (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bào
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bào
  - Wade–Giles: pao⁴
  - Yale: bàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baw
  - Palladius: бао (bao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: bao⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: pou⁵, bou⁶, paau¹
  - Yale: póuh, bouh, pāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁵, bou⁶, paau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: pou⁵, bou⁶, pao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯¹³/, /pou̯²²/, /pʰaːu̯⁵⁵/

Note:

bou6 - equivalent to 菢;
paau1 - equivalent to 拋.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phau
  - Hakka Romanization System: pau
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰau̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: pau⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰau⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phǒ͘
  - Tâi-lô: phǒo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phō
  - Tâi-lô: phō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phoi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɤ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰo²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰo³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phǒ
  - Tâi-lô: phǒ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰo²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phǎu
  - Tâi-lô: phǎu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰau²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phāu
  - Tâi-lô: phāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phau
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰau²²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰau³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pǎu
  - Tâi-lô: pǎu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pau²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pāu
  - Tâi-lô: pāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pau
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pau²²/

Note:

phǒ͘/phō - literary;
phǒ/phǎu/phāu/pǎu/pāu - vernacular;
pō - unknown dialect.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: po⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phŏ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰo³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: bau (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /b̥ɔ²³/

Middle Chinese: /bɑu^X/

Rime
Character	抱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	薄浩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɑu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/bɑu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/bɑu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baw^X/
Li Rong	/bɑu^X/
Wang Li	/bɑu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱɑu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[m-p]ˤuʔ/
(Zhengzhang): /*buːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	抱
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bào
Middle Chinese	‹ baw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[m-p]ˁuʔ/
English	carry in the arms
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	抱
Reading #	1/1
No.	268
Phonetic component	勹
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	抱
Old Chinese	/*buːʔ/

Definitions

抱

to heft in the arms; to carry
to hug; to embrace
to incubate
Classifier for things held or encircled with both arms (books, hay, firewood, trees, etc.).
a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 摟 (“to hug; to embrace”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		擁, 摟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		摟抱, 擁抱
Mandarin	Beijing	摟
	Taiwan	摟, 抱
	Jinan	摟
	Xi'an	摟
	Wuhan	箍, 摟
	Chengdu	抱, 摟
	Yangzhou	摟, 抱
	Hefei	摟, 抱
	Singapore	擁抱, 抱
Cantonese	Guangzhou	攬
	Hong Kong	攬
	Taishan	攬
	Singapore (Guangfu)	攬
Gan	Nanchang	攬, 箍
Hakka	Meixian	揇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	揇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	揇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	揇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	揇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	揇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	攬
Jin	Taiyuan	摟
Min Bei	Jian'ou	抱
Min Dong	Fuzhou	兜, 攬
Min Dong	Matsu	攬
Min Nan	Xiamen	攬
	Quanzhou	攬
	Zhangzhou	攬
	Taipei	攬
	Kaohsiung	攬
	Penang (Hokkien)	攬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	攬
	Manila (Hokkien)	攬
	Chaozhou	攬
Wu	Shanghai	搿
	Suzhou	搿
	Wenzhou	搩
Xiang	Changsha	箍, 摟
Xiang	Shuangfeng	傘, 箍

Compounds

Derived terms from 抱

不抱幻想
偎抱 (wēibào)
合抱 (hébào)
心抱
心抱仔
打抱不平 (dǎbàobùpíng)
抱不平 (bào bùpíng)
抱大腿 (bào dàtuǐ)
抱委屈 (bào wěiqū)
抱娃娃
抱定
抱屈 (bàoqū)
抱怨 (bàoyuàn)
抱怨 (bàoyuàn)
抱恙 (bàoyàng)
抱恨 (bàohèn)
抱愧 (bàokuì)
抱憾 (bàohàn)
抱打不平
抱抱 (bàobào)
抱拳 (bàoquán)
抱持 (bàochí)
抱摔
抱有 (bàoyǒu)
抱有幻想
抱枕 (bàozhěn)
抱柱
抱歉 (bàoqiàn)
抱疚

抱病 (bàobìng)
抱病工作
抱笙
抱粗腿 (bào cūtuǐ)
抱罪
抱腰
抱薪救火 (bàoxīn-jiùhuǒ)
抱蛋
拱抱
推襟送抱
新抱
水抱
蜘蛛抱蛋
襟抱
初歸新抱落地孩兒／初归新抱落地孩儿
合抱之木，生於毫末／合抱之木，生于毫末
圍抱／围抱
平時不燒香，急來抱佛腳／平时不烧香，急来抱佛脚
平時不燒香，臨時抱佛腳／平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚 (píngshí bù shāoxiāng, línshí bào fójiǎo)
急來抱佛腳／急来抱佛脚
急時抱佛腳／急时抱佛脚
懷抱／怀抱 (huáibào)
懷抱兒／怀抱儿
投懷送抱／投怀送抱 (tóuhuáisòngbào)
抱佛腳／抱佛脚 (bào fójiǎo)
抱團兒／抱团儿
抱團兒思維／抱团儿思维
抱廈／抱厦 (bàoshà)

抱恨終天／抱恨终天 (bàohènzhōngtiān)
抱成一團／抱成一团
抱抱團／抱抱团
抱抱裝／抱抱装
抱殘守缺／抱残守缺 (bàocánshǒuquē)
抱犢崮／抱犊崮
抱窩／抱窝 (bàowō)
抱腳／抱脚
抱腳兒／抱脚儿
抱負／抱负 (bàofù)
抱身兒／抱身儿 (bàoshēnr)
抱雞婆／抱鸡婆
抱頭／抱头 (bàotóu)
抱頭痛哭／抱头痛哭 (bàotóutòngkū)
抱頭鼠竄／抱头鼠窜 (bàotóu-shǔcuàn)
抱養／抱养 (bàoyǎng)
抱龍／抱龙 (Bàolóng)
摟抱／搂抱 (lǒubào)
撫抱／抚抱 (fǔbào)
擁抱／拥抱 (yōngbào)
攔腰抱住／拦腰抱住
琵琶別抱／琵琶别抱 (pípábiébào)
環抱／环抱 (huánbào)
緊抱／紧抱
臨急抱佛腳／临急抱佛脚 (línjí bào fójiǎo)
臨時抱佛腳／临时抱佛脚 (línshí bào fójiǎo)
萬分抱歉／万分抱歉
防抱死系統／防抱死系统

References

“Entry #3956”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Japanese

Shinjitai	抱
Kyūjitai [1]	抱󠄁 抱+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	抱󠄃 抱+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

抱

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

To embrace
To carry, hold or bear

Readings

Go-on: ぼう (bō)
Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)
Kun: いだく (idaku, 抱く, Jōyō); かかえる (kakaeru, 抱える, Jōyō); だく (daku, 抱く, Jōyō)
Nanori: もち (mochi)

References

“抱”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

Korean

Hanja

抱 (eumhun 안을 포 (aneul po))

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Vietnamese

Han character

抱: Hán Nôm readings: bão

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[1] “抱”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023