包
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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]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 勹 +3
- Structure
- Upper-right enclosure 右上包
- Traditional
- 包
- Common rank
- #210
- Unicode
- U+5305
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 包 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To swaddle 勹 a baby 巳; 勹 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
wrap · Heisig RSH #520
bound up + snakeskin
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 包
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 包子 | baozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun) | |
| 面包 | bread; CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4] | |
| 书包 | schoolbag; satchel; bookbag; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] | |
| 钱包 | purse; wallet | |
| 包头市 | Baotou, prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 meng3… | |
| 气包子 | quick-tempered person | |
| 拉包尔 | Rabaul, port city and capital of New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea | |
| 面包心 | crumb (soft interior of a loaf of bread) | |
| 包打天下 | to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business; not allow anyone else to have… | |
| 小面包 | bread roll; bun | |
| 面包机 | bread making machine; bread maker | |
| 包工头 | chief labor contractor | |
| 包里斯 | Boris (name) | |
| 公文包 | briefcase; attaché case | |
| 公事包 | (Tw) briefcase | |
| 山包 | (dialect) hill | |
| 面包车 | van for carrying people; taxi minibus | |
| 包头 | see 包頭市|包头市[Bao1 tou2 Shi4] | |
| 包头 | turban; headband | |
| 病包儿 | a person who is always falling ill; chronic invalid |
Sound family
These characters use 包 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 包 sound part | wrap, pack, bundle; package | |
| 胞 | womb, placenta, fetal membrane | |
| 炮 | cannon, artillery | |
| 跑 | to run, to flee, to escape | |
| 泡 | bubble, blister; swollen, puffed up | |
| 饱 | satisfied; to eat one's fill | |
| 刨 | carpenter's plane; plane, level | |
| 孢 | spore | |
| 疱 | acne | |
| 鲍 | abalone; dried fish; surname | |
| 雹 | hail | |
| 庖 | kitchen; cooking, cuisine | |
| 狍 | a species of deer found in northern China | |
| 咆 | to roar | |
| 龅 | buck teeth | |
| 匏 | gourd; musical instrument |