to hold / to carry (in one's arms) / to hug / to embrace / to surround / to cherish / (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely

= + : Beelzebub (b) accidentally dropped his favourite handbag (包) in the aorta's toilet (ao4), but he is able to pull it out using a toy claw (扌). After they are reunited, Beelzebub joyfully embraces (抱) it.

抱 character breakdown

surname Bao
to cover / to wrap / to hold / to include / to take charge of / to contract (to or for) / package / wrapper / container / bag / to hold or embrace / bundle / packet / CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]

= + : Beelzebub wants to scare he elephant in front of the aorta. He shows him a colorful handbag, and just as the elephant is having a closer look, a snakes pops out and scares the elephant almost to death.
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

Characters with 抱 as component

hatch

Words with 抱

aspiration / ambition
to weep disconsolately / to cry on each other's shoulder
Mt Baodugu in Lanling County 蘭陵縣|兰陵县[Lan2 ling2 Xian4] in Linyi 臨沂|临沂[Lin2 yi2], south Shandong
(sports) bouldering
(coll.) to incubate / to brood
to latch on to the rich and powerful
to cross one's arms
lit. to carry firewood to put out a fire (idiom); fig. to make a problem worse by inappropriate action
to put one's hands behind one's head, fingers interlaced / to hold one's head in one's hands (in dismay, fright etc) / to cover one's head with one's hands (for protection)
to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously
Baopuzi, collection of essays by Ge Hong 葛洪[Ge3 Hong2] on alchemy, immortality, legalism, society etc
to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative / stickler for tradition

Sentences with 抱

抱 currently does not appear in any sentence.