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裹

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

14 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,739 U+88F9

How 裹 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

衣 (semantic, “clothes”) + 果 (phonetic, guǒ)

components: 衣 果

How to remember it

envelop · Heisig RSH #2182

top hat and scarf + 果 fruit

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 果

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 果 (guǒ) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
果 sound component 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

Words containing 裹

WordPinyinMeaning
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