怀抱
huáibào · HSK 7
embrace
🤗 怀 cherish-in-chest + 抱 hug = what you hold close: an embrace, or the ambitions you carry
Both halves point at the chest: 怀 is the bosom where you keep things dear, 抱 is to wrap your arms around. Literally an embrace; figuratively the big hopes you hold close to your heart.
抱 — hand radical 扌 + wrap 包
A semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 gives the meaning, indicating an action done with the hands, while 包 ('wrap, bundle') supplies the sound 'bāo/bào' and hints at enclosing. Together they depict wrapping something in the arms — to hold, embrace, or carry.