Chinese Character 包 Meanings and components.

Form

包

Meaning

包 meaning[3] in English

Surname Bao.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 包 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are archaic variant of … (勹) , and 6th earthly branch: … (巳)

Its radical[1] is: 勹 (bao1) which means: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1], .勹bao1archaic variant …

In cangjie it is written with PRU

How to write 包

To write包bao1surname Bao you should write a combination of 勹bao1archaic variant … , 巳si46th earthly … arranged in a 回 shape:

勹 + 巳 = 包

包 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 包 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 包, looks as follow:

包
Pinyin:bao1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Bao
勹
Pinyin:bao1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 包[Bao1]
巳
Pinyin:si4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: 6th Earthly Branch: 9-11 A.M., 4th Solar Month (5th May-5th June), Year Of The Snake . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 150°

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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