包 means “wrap, envelop”

つつむ · tsutsumu

Also: pack up, cover, conceal

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): つつむ, くるむ
On'yomi (Chinese reading): ホウ

JLPT N2 · Taught in grade 4 · 5 strokes

The story

A curved wrapper (勹) around 巳, a baby curled in the womb: the first wrapping of all. 包む is to wrap, a square 風呂敷 cloth can 包む almost anything, a 小包 is a parcel, and a 包帯 is a bandage.

Used in 包む (tsutsumu, to wrap), 包丁 (houchou, kitchen knife), and 小包 (kozutsumi, parcel)

包 means “wrap, envelop”

The story

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