wrap

Origin & mnemonic

This radical derives from the pictographic representation of a bag or wrapping cover. The seal-script form shows a closed curved line, depicting the concept of enclosing or wrapping around something.

Mnemonic: The open curved shape resembles a bag or wrapper used to enclose or cover something.

• 勹bāo🔊

  old variant of 包[bao1]

  2 strokes

• 勺sháo🔊

  spoon

  HSK 6

  3 strokes

• 勾gōu🔊

  to attract

  HSK 7

  4 strokes

• 勿wù🔊

  do not

  HSK 7

  4 strokes

• 匀yún🔊

  even

  4 strokes

• 包bāo🔊

  to cover

  HSK 1

  5 strokes

• 匆cōng🔊

  variant of 匆[cong1]

  5 strokes

• 匈xiōng🔊

  old variant of 胸[xiong1]

  6 strokes

• 匉pēng🔊

  noise of waters

  7 strokes

• 匊jū🔊

  variant of 掬[ju1]

  8 strokes

• 匋táo🔊

  pottery

  8 strokes

• 匍pú🔊

  used in 匍匐[pu2 fu2]

  9 strokes

• 匏páo🔊

  bottle gourd

  11 strokes

• 匐fú🔊

  used in 匍匐[pu2 fu2]

  11 strokes

• 匑gōng🔊

  to bow

  12 strokes

• 匔gōng🔊

  old variant of 匑[gong1]

  15 strokes