擁 (yōng)
to embrace; to possess; to crowd
How 擁 is written
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Traditional
- 擁
- Simplified
- 拥
Components
- 扌 hand
- 亠 lid
- 丿 bend
- 隹 small bird
Common words using 擁
- 擁抱 yōngbào
- to embrace; to hug
- 擁有 yōngyǒu
- to have; to possess
- 擁擠 yōngjǐ
- crowded; to throng; congestion
- 一擁而上 yīyōngérshàng
- to swarm around; flocking (to see)
- 擁塞 yōngsè
- jam (of traffic, crowd etc); congestion; to block up
- 擁戴 yōngdài
- to give one's allegiance; (popular) support
- 擁擠不堪 yōngjǐbùkān
- overcrowded; jam-packed
- 擁有權 yōngyǒuquán
- right of ownership
- 擁護 yōnghù
- to endorse; to support
- 擁護者 yōnghùzhě
- supporter (person)
- 擁躉 yōngdǔn
- fan; fanatic
- 簇擁 cùyōng
- to crowd around; to escort
擁 in a sentence
上下班時間交通非常擁擠。
Shàngxiàbān shíjiān jiāotōng fēicháng yōngjǐ.
“Traffic is very congested during rush hour.”
How common is 擁?
擁 is the 1,057th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 90% of all running text.
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