裹

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to wrap around; bundle; parcel; package; to press into service; to pressgang; to make off with (sth)

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

衣 meaning “clothes” + 果 sound ( guǒ )

Components 衣果

envelop · Heisig RSH #2182

top hat and scarf + 果 fruit

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
联合包裹服务公司	Lián hé Bāo guǒ Fú wù Gōng sī	United Parcel Service (UPS)
裹足不前	guǒ zú bù qián	to stand still without advancing (idiom); to hesitate and hold back
杜口裹足	dù kǒu guǒ zú	too frightened to move or speak
马革裹尸	mǎ gé guǒ shī	to be buried in a horse hide (idiom); to give one's life on the battlefield
裹尸布	guǒ shī bù	shroud; cloth to wrap a corpse
包裹	bāo guǒ	to wrap up; to bind up; bundle; parcel; package; CL:個\|个[ge4]
裹包	guǒ bāo	to wrap up; parcel
裹脚	guǒ jiǎo	foot-binding; long strip of cloth used for foot-binding
装裹	zhuāng guo	to dress a corpse; shroud
卷裹	juǎn guǒ	to wrap up; (fig.) to envelop; to swallow up
封裹	fēng guǒ	to wrap up; to pack up
紧裹	jǐn guǒ	to wrap tightly; to wind tightly; to bind; close-fitting (clothes)
敷裹	fū guǒ	medical dressing
裹胁	guǒ xié	to compel; to coerce
裹挟	guǒ xié	to sweep along; to coerce

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
果 sound part	guǒ	fruit, nut; result
课	kè	subject, lesson, course; classwork
裸	luǒ	bare, nude; to strip, to undress
踝	huái	ankle
窠	kē	den, nest; hole, indentation
棵	kē	measure word for trees
骒	kè	mare, jenny
夥	huǒ	assistant; companion; partner; many, numerous
蜾	guǒ	solitary wasp; potter wasp
倮	luǒ	bare, naked, uncovered
猓	guǒ	monkey
锞	kè	ingot; acrobatic move
髁	kē	thigh bone, hip bone, kneecap