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The Kanji Map

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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1125 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: sack, bag, pouch

Kunyomi: ふくろ

Onyomi: タイ, ダイ

Composition: 代 衣

袋

Radical

Radical: 衣

Reading: ころも

Meaning: clothes

Strokes: 6

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Examples

Examples with audio

郵袋(ゆうたい)   mailbag

袋(ふくろ)   bag, sack

袋小路(ふくろこうじ)   blind alley, cul-de-sac

お袋(おふくろ)   one's mother

胃袋(いぶくろ)   stomach

紙袋(かみぶくろ)   paper bag

手袋(てぶくろ)   glove

浮き袋(うきぶくろ)   swimming ring, swimming float

ビニール袋(ビニールぶくろ)   plastic bag

*足袋(たび)   tabi

Onyomi Examples

袋 (タイ) counter for things inside a bag

袋果 (タイカ) follicle

頸袋 (ケイタイ) dewlap

製袋 (セイタイ) bag manufacturing

Kunyomi Examples

袋 (ふくろ) bag, sack, pouch, skin of an orange (and other like fruits), dead end, plot of land surrounded by water

袋小路 (ふくろこうじ) blind alley, cul-de-sac, dead end street, deadlock, impasse, dead end

空気袋 (くうきぶくろ) air sac, bladder, air bag, windbag

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