包

包 U+2F829, 包 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F829 ← 勺 CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 匆 →

Translingual

Stroke order (Chinese)

Alternative forms

• Note the different Chinese and Japanese forms (a closed loop 巳 in Chinese, center open 己 in Japanese). Note also that the bottom tail extends beyond the right side (in either form).
• A CJK compatibility ideograph exists at U+2F829 for a variant form in Taiwan which is the same as the Japanese form.

Han character

包 (Kangxi radical 20, 勹+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 心口山 (PRU) or 心尸山 (PSU), four-corner 2771₂, composition ⿹勹巳(GHTKV) or ⿹勹己(J or U+2F829))

Derived characters

• 咆, 枹, 炮, 皰, 匏, 跑, 鞄, 鮑, 庖, 疱 (Contains 包 in all regions)
• 抱, 泡, 砲, 胞, 𮮆, 飽 (Note: Contains 包 in Japanese and 包 in other regions)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 150, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2506
• Dae Jaweon: page 340, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 257, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5305

• Unihan data for U+2F829

Chinese

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 包 (搞清楚) (Cantonese)
• 包 (Written Standard Chinese^?)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 包
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – a fetus (巳 (sì)) in the womb (勹), or a swaddled baby. Shuowen gives both interpretations.

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

包

1. to wrap up; to enwrap; to bundle up
2. to include; to encompass
3. to cover; to place under cover
4. to assure; to ensure; to guarantee

   包你滿意／包你满意  ―  bāo nǐ mǎnyì  ―  You're guaranteed to be pleased

   食包包食飽／食包包食饱  ―  shí bāo bāo shí bǎo  ―  Eating bread guarantees you to feel full

5. to reserve or dedicate for a specific purpose

   包車／包车  ―  bāochē  ―  to reserve a car

   包場／包场  ―  bāochǎng  ―  to reserve a venue

6. to make a wrapped item

   包餃子／包饺子  ―  bāo jiǎozi  ―  to make dumplings

   包雲吞／包云吞 [Cantonese]  ―  baau¹ wan⁴ tan¹   ―  to make wontons

   包粽 [Cantonese]  ―  baau¹ zung²   ―  to make zongzi

7. to surround
8. (Malaysia, Singapore, slang) Short for 打包 (dǎbāo, “to take away (food)”).
9. bundle; bunch
10. parcel; package
11. (software) package

    包管理器  ―  bāoguǎnlǐqì  ―  package manager

12. bag; sack

    書包／书包  ―  shūbāo  ―  schoolbag; backpack

13. bump; swelling
14. yurt
15. (food) baozi

    叉燒包／叉烧包  ―  chāshāobāo  ―  char siu bao

    小籠包／小笼包  ―  xiǎolóngbāo  ―  xiaolongbao

16. (food) bun; bread (any small baked good)

    alt. forms: 飽／饱

    麵包／面包  ―  miànbāo  ―  bread

    漢堡包／汉堡包  ―  hànbǎobāo  ―  hamburger

    食包包食飽／食包包食饱  ―  shí bāo bāo shí bǎo  ―  Eating bread guarantees you to feel full

17. Classifier for packs or bags.

    一包薯片  ―  yī bāo shǔpiàn  ―  a bag of potato chips

18. a surname

    包拯  ―  Bāo Zhěng  ―  Bao Zheng (Chinese politician during the Song dynasty)

Synonyms

• (to wrap up):

• (to include):

• (to assure):

• (to reserve): 專用／专用 (zhuānyòng)
• (to surround):

• (bread):

• (baozi):

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "to wrap up"):

Compounds

Descendants

Others:

• → English: pau
• ⇒ Khmer: នំប៉ាវ (num paaw)
• ⇒ Lao: ກະ​ລາ​ເປົ໋າ (ka lā pao)
• → Malay: pau
• ⇒ Thai: ซาลาเปา (saa-laa-bpao)

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

包

1. ^† Original form of 庖 (páo, “kitchen”).
2. ^† Original form of 匏 (páo, “bottle gourd”).

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

包

1. Only used in 包來／包来.

Japanese

Shinjitai	包
Kyūjitai	包󠄁 包+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	包󠄃 包+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. to wrap up

Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
• Kun: くるむ (kurumu, 包む); つつみ (tsutsumi, 包み); つつむ (tsutsumu, 包む, Jōyō)
• Nanori: お (o); かた (kata); かつ (katsu); かぬ (kanu); かね (kane); しげ (shige)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandarin 包 (bāo).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) パ​オ (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

包(パオ) • (pao) 

1. yurt (housing)

Etymology

Etymology

References

Korean

Hanja

包 (eumhun 쌀 포 (ssal po))

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包 (eumhun 꾸러미 포 (kkureomi po))

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Vietnamese

Han character

包: Hán Nôm readings: bao

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