# 抱 hug

(handleft) + (wrap) Same-ON
★★★★☆
8 strokes
COCK SOLO
You'd think that 'hug' would be the nicest kanji, but no, it's another COCK.

Both kunyomi have the same particle (を) AND the same okurigana (く), but are pronounced differently . . . so it's impossible to tell which one it is!

Luckily, one of the kunyomi is very very rarely used, so you can just assume it's the other one. Sigh.

## Onyomi

HOU | He's a christian, so he'll just hug HOES instead of fornicating them.

## Mnemonic

| You hug by wrapping your hands around someone.

## Kunyomi

( を　or が ) かか＊える | to embrace, to grasp ★★☆☆☆
だ＊く | hug ★★★☆☆
いだ＊く | metaphorically hold (a suspicion, a belief, a grudge) 1/2 KANA ☆☆☆☆☆

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
句 | verse of a poem | MOUTH | 口
匂 | scent (good or bad) | HEEL |
包 | wrap | YOURSELF | 己
抱 | hug | HAND | 手

With your MOUTH you sing a verse.

That HEEL's scent is the worst.

Wrap YOURSELF up in gauze from the nurse.

With my HANDS, I hugged Fred Durst.

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
拘 | put in custody | VERSE | 句
抱 | hug | MYSELF | 己

Cops put you in custody for singing a VERSE about the Emperor's mama.

I hug by wrapping MYSELF around someone.