擁
yōng

embrace

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 雍 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

雍
雍 Sound component
yōng harmony

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqoŋ
qoŋʔ
Unicodeqiǒng

說文解字

《說文》：“，抱也。从手，雝聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

拥 yōng embrace Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 用 represents the sound. Simplified form of 擁.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

用
用 Sound component
yòng, yong use

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode