Read Edit View history Discussion 抱 bào HSK4 embrace Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas bào × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 扌 is a component form of 手. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 抱 Simp strokes 抱 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a person (勹) hugging a child (子). Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 抱 Simp strokes 抱 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 抱 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 135, 496 ], [ 191, 496 ], [ 297, 522 ], [ 351, 543 ], [ 414, 549 ] ], [ [ 273, 794 ], [ 290, 786 ], [ 321, 751 ], [ 309, 558 ], [ 308, 121 ], [ 301, 90 ], [ 285, 60 ], [ 220, 87 ], [ 182, 107 ], [ 180, 114 ], [ 169, 114 ] ], [ [ 54, 217 ], [ 102, 212 ], [ 194, 285 ], [ 386, 420 ] ], [ [ 570, 815 ], [ 587, 802 ], [ 608, 768 ], [ 592, 723 ], [ 517, 587 ], [ 455, 500 ], [ 426, 471 ] ], [ [ 541, 569 ], [ 638, 584 ], [ 755, 616 ], [ 779, 612 ], [ 795, 598 ], [ 781, 414 ], [ 760, 339 ], [ 728, 299 ], [ 700, 310 ], [ 659, 342 ] ], [ [ 511, 424 ], [ 518, 434 ], [ 590, 457 ], [ 615, 459 ], [ 631, 447 ], [ 639, 436 ], [ 612, 352 ], [ 588, 342 ] ], [ [ 498, 285 ], [ 518, 298 ], [ 588, 312 ], [ 624, 315 ], [ 643, 310 ] ], [ [ 459, 449 ], [ 477, 428 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