Kanji

包

包

wrap, pack up, cover, conceal

Kanji

Grade

Grade 4

Strokes

5 strokes

Radical

勹部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ホウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

つつむ, くるむ

Nanori (Name Reading)

かた, かつ, かぬ, かね, しげ

Common Readings

ホウ, つつ…む

Example sentences

包む つつむ
プレゼントをきれいな紙で包んだ。

I wrapped the gift in beautiful paper.

沈黙 ちんもく
部屋は重苦しい沈黙に包まれた

The room was enveloped in a heavy silence.

包み込む つつみこむ
霧が山全体を包み込んでいる。

Mist is enveloping the entire mountain.

火炎 かえん
火炎が建物全体を包み込んだ。

The flames engulfed the entire building.

身を包む みをつつむ
彼女は真っ赤なドレスに身を包んでパーティーに現れた。

She appeared at the party dressed in a bright red dress.

包丁 ほうちょう
母はよく切れる包丁で野菜を刻んだ。

My mother chopped the vegetables with a sharp kitchen knife.

切る きる
包丁で野菜を切る。

Cut vegetables with a kitchen knife.

包帯 ほうたい
看護師は彼の腕に包帯を巻いた。

The nurse wrapped a bandage around his arm.

包囲 ほうい
警察は犯人が潜んでいる建物を包囲した

The police surrounded the building where the suspect was hiding.

潰走 かいそう
敵軍は完全に包囲され、算を乱して潰走した

The enemy army was completely surrounded and fled in disarray.

Example Vocabulary

包む

つつむ

to wrap; to pack; to conceal; to surround

包み込む

つつみこむ

to engulf; to envelop; to wrap up

身を包む

みをつつむ

to dress oneself in; to be wrapped in

包丁

ほうちょう

kitchen knife

包帯

ほうたい

bandage

包囲

ほうい

siege; encirclement; envelopment

包み

つつみ

wrapping; bundle; package

包囲網

ほういもう

内包

ないほう

包み隠す

つつみかくす

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