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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N2

954 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: wrap, pack up, cover, conceal

Kunyomi: つつ.む, くる.む

Onyomi: ホウ

Composition: 勹 己 巳

包

Radical

Radical: 勹

Reading: つつみがまえ

Meaning: wrap, embrace

Strokes: 2

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Examples

Examples with audio

包帯(ほうたい)   bandage

包丁(ほうちょう)   kitchen knife, carving knife

包装紙(ほうそうし)   wrapping paper

包括的な(ほうかつてきな)   comprehensive

包囲する(ほういする)   keep under siege, encircle

包含する(ほうがんする)   include, implicate

包装する(ほうそうする)   pack, wrap

梱包する(こんぽうする)   pack for shipping [v.t.]

包む(つつむ)   wrap up, pack

包み(つつみ)   bundle, package, parcel, bale

小包(こづつみ)   parcel, package

Onyomi Examples

包 (ホウ) counter for packaged goods (esp. powdered medicine)

包囲 (ホウイ) siege, encirclement, envelopment, surrounding, besiegement

内包 (ナイホウ) connotation, comprehension, intension, inclusion, containment within

閉包 (ヘイホウ) closure

Kunyomi Examples

包む (つつむ) to wrap up, to pack, to bundle, to do up, to cover, to envelop, to shroud, to engulf, to conceal (a feeling), to hide, to give (money in an envelope; as a wedding gift, funeral offering, etc.)

包む (くるむ) to wrap up (in), to roll up (in), to tuck (up)

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