包
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]
5 strokes
Dict coverage rank #210 U+5305
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.
Characters built with 包 as their sound component
These characters all use 包 (bāo) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 包 sound component | bāo | wrap, pack, bundle; package |
| 胞 | bāo | womb, placenta, fetal membrane |
| 炮 | pào | cannon, artillery |
| 跑 | pǎo | to run, to flee, to escape |
| 泡 | pào | bubble, blister; swollen, puffed up |
| 饱 | bǎo | satisfied; to eat one's fill |
| 刨 | páo | carpenter's plane; plane, level |
| 孢 | bāo | spore |
| 疱 | pào | acne |
| 鲍 | bào | abalone; dried fish; surname |
| 雹 | báo | hail |
| 庖 | páo | kitchen; cooking, cuisine |
| 狍 | páo | a species of deer found in northern China |
| 咆 | páo | to roar |
| 龅 | bāo | buck teeth |
| 匏 | páo | gourd; musical instrument |
Words containing 包
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 包头市 | Bāo tóu Shì | 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 | qì bāo zi | quick-tempered person |
| 拉包尔 | Lā bāo ěr | Rabaul, port city and capital of New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea |
| 面包心 | miàn bāo xīn | crumb (soft interior of a loaf of bread) |
| 包打天下 | bāo dǎ tiān xià | to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business; not allow anyone else to have… |
| 小面包 | xiǎo miàn bāo | bread roll; bun |
| 面包机 | miàn bāo jī | bread making machine; bread maker |
| 包工头 | bāo gōng tóu | chief labor contractor |
| 包里斯 | Bāo lǐ sī | Boris (name) |
| 公文包 | gōng wén bāo | briefcase; attaché case |
| 包子 | bāo zi | baozi; bao (steamed stuffed bun) |
| 公事包 | gōng shì bāo | (Tw) briefcase |
| 山包 | shān bāo | (dialect) hill |
| 面包车 | miàn bāo chē | van for carrying people; taxi minibus |
| 包头 | Bāo tóu | see 包頭市|包头市[Bao1 tou2 Shi4] |
| 包头 | bāo tóu | turban; headband |
| 病包儿 | bìng bāo r | a person who is always falling ill; chronic invalid |
| 心包 | xīn bāo | pericardium |
| 包河区 | Bāo hé Qū | Baohe, a district of Hefei City 合肥市[He2 fei2 Shi4], Anhui |
| 包尔 | Bāo ěr | Borr (Norse deity) |