ㄩㄥ

yōng

hug/hold

拥 is an 8 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as yōng in the first tone, however it can also be pronounced as yǒng.

In traditional Chinese the character 擁 is used.

It is made up of the components 扌 (hand) and 用 (use).

  • 拥
    ㄩㄥ

    yōng

    hug/hold

    • 扌
      ㄕㄡ ˙

      shou

      hand

    • 用
      ㄩㄥ ˋ

      yòng

      use

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为了拥东西,我们用手. To hold things, we use our hands.
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Pronunciation

We found 2 pronunciations for 拥

yōng
yǒng

Definitions for 拥 pronounced as yōng

  • to hold
  • to embrace
  • to wrap around
  • to gather around (sb)
  • to throng
  • to swarm
  • to support
  • Taiwan pr. [yong3]

Definitions for 拥 pronounced as yǒng

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