包 — wrap, pack up, cover

つつむ包 wrap

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 5 strokes

U+5305 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #954 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #569 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

wrap
pack up
cover
conceal

word

つつ tsutsu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

包(つつ) む tsutsumu to wrap

ほう hou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

包(ほう) 丁(ちょう) houchou kitchen knife 包(ほう) 囲(い) houi siege 包(ほう) 装(そう) housou packaging 包(ほう) 括(かつ) houkatsu inclusion

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

勹 wrapping

おのれ己 self #49

巳 snake (zodiac)

Used as component in (5)

いだく抱 embrace ほう砲 cannon ぼう胞 placenta あきる飽 sated あわ泡 bubbles

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#20 勹 wrap