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yōng

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yōng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yōng | yong1
English translation
to have, to hold; to embrace, to hug; to flock, to throng

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About yōng

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

yōng

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of yōng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌雍

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

yōng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and yòng represents the sound. Simplified form of yōng .

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Words with yōng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
拥有 yōngyǒu to have擁有
拥抱 yōngbào to embrace擁抱
yōng to hold yōng
拥挤 yōngjǐ crowded擁擠
拥护 yōnghù to endorse擁護
簇拥 cù yōng to escort簇擁
一拥而上 yī yōng ér shàng to swarm around一擁而上
拥戴 yōng dài (popular) support擁戴
拥挤不堪 yōng jǐ bù kān overcrowded擁擠不堪
蜂拥 fēng yōng to mill蜂擁
拥护者 yōng hù zhě supporter (person)擁護者
拥塞 yōng sè to be clogged up擁塞
一拥而入 yī yōng ér rù to swarm in (of people etc) (idiom)一擁而入

yōng Decomposition & Compounds

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