袋 means “bag, sack”

ふくろ · fukuro

Also: pouch

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ふくろ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

タイ, ダイ

Taught in secondary school · 11 strokes

The story

Clothing (衣) that represents (代) carrying: a 袋 holds what you need for the journey. Japanese convenience stores perfected the art of bagging, and now Japan leads the world in reducing plastic 袋 with its bag fee initiative.

Used in 紙袋 (kamibukuro, paper bag) and 手袋 (tebukuro, gloves)

Words with 袋

• 紙袋 (かみぶくろ, kamibukuro): paper bag
• 手袋 (てぶくろ, tebukuro): gloves

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.