The word "拥抱" is formed by combining two characters, each constructed with the hand radical (扌) to indicate manual action. The first character, 拥, incorporates 用 as a phonetic component, and the second character, 抱, incorporates 包 as a phonetic component. Together, they create a compound word meaning "to hug", where both characters semantically relate to the hand and phonetically derive from their respective components.