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擁

擁 (hug, embrace, possess, protect, lead)

  • JLPT N1
  • 16 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 手
  • #1213 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
ヨウ

Example words & Vocabulary

Example sentences 3

彼かれらは自国じこくの権利けんりを擁護ようごした。

They stood up for the rights of their nation.

この作家は一方的軍備廃棄論の擁護者だ。

The author is a unilateralist.

これは宗教的不寛容の擁護論の一つの形式であり、見過ごすことができないほどに注目に値するものです。

This is a form of the argument for religious intolerance, sufficiently remarkable not to be passed without notice.

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