bāo

Traditional: 包

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Translation

bag, to wrap, to include

Word origin

A pictograph showing an outer wrapping 勹 enclosing 巳, depicting something wrapped up. It denotes a bag and the act of wrapping or including.

Origin
pictographic
Root
勹 (wrapping) enclosing 巳

Stroke order

Stroke order for 包

Examples

I have lost my wallet.

Please wrap up the gift for me.

This price includes lunch.

She is carrying a big school bag.

jiǎo

Mum is wrapping dumplings.

包 (bāo) means a bag, to wrap, or to include. It is used for parcels, bags, and prices that cover extra items.

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 包.

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