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袋

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pouch; bag; sack; pocket

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HSK 3.0
Level 4
Old HSK
Level 4
Strokes
11
Radical
衣 +5
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
袋
Common rank
#1,103
Unicode
U+888B

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Formation & memory

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How 袋 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

衣 meaning “clothes” + 代 sound ( dài )

Components 代 衣

How to remember it

bag · Heisig RSH #829

代 substitute for + 衣 clothing

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 袋

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
脑袋开花 nǎo dài kāi huā to blow one's brain out
落袋为安 luò dài wéi ān to take profits and lock in one's gains
热水袋 rè shuǐ dài hot-water bottle
米袋子 mǐ dài zi (fig.) supply of grain to the public
水烟袋 shuǐ yān dài water bong; water pipe; hookah
钱袋子 qián dài zi (coll.) purse; money bag; (fig.) one's money; one's savings
布袋弹 bù dài dàn bean bag round
行李袋 xíng li dài travel bag
有袋类 yǒu dài lèi (zoology) marsupial
袋子 dài zi bag
口袋罪 kǒu dài zuì vaguely defined offense that can be broadly interpreted and potentially abused by law enfo…
小袋 xiǎo dài pouch
口袋 kǒu dài pocket; bag; sack
育儿袋 yù ér dài marsupial pouch
眼袋 yǎn dài puffiness under the eyes; bags under the eyes
布袋 bù dài pouch; sack; bag
自封袋 zì fēng dài resealable bag; ziplock bag
布袋戏 bù dài xì glove puppetry
皮袋 pí dài leather bag; leather pouch (for liquid)
豆袋弹 dòu dài dàn bean bag round

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 代 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
代 sound part dài era, generation; to substitute for, to replace
贷 dài to borrow; to lend; to pardon
黛 dài to blacken one's eyebrows; black
岱 dài the Daishan mountain in Shandong
玳 dài tortoise shell