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package, to cover, to wrap 包
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The upper part 勹 itself already stands for "to enwrap" Actually it is with a "snake" 巳, but simplified understood as a variation of self 己.
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Used in these characters:
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跑
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| to run, to escape, race
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Left: foot 足 (= knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: to wrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
When the feet almost "wrap" themselves, you are running to escape.
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包
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| package, to cover, to wrap
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Top: wrap 勹, below: snake 巳 (but here better: self 己 [= Following the winding, I find myself])
Wrap it in, then itself is: well packed.
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饱
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to eat till full, sated, satisfied
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Left: food 饣/食, right: wrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
When the food is 'enwrapped' (= in my stomach), I am full/sated.
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抱
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to hug or embrace, to hold (in arms), surround
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Left: hand 扌, right: wrap 包 (self 己 wrapped 勹)
Her hands wrapped me in a hug.
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炮
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| cannon, artillery, firecracker
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Left: fire 火, right: enwrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
The fire that is enwrapped is the cannon.
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泡
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| foam, blister, swollen, spongy
pāo, pào
氵
包
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Left: water 氵, right: wrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
Water, that 'enwraps', is: foam.
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胞
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| placenta, womb, born of the same parents
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Left: body part 月/肉, right: wrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
The bodypart for "wrapping" is the placenta.
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袍
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| gown (lined), robe
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Left: cloth 衤/衣, right: enwrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
The cloth for being "enwrapped", is a gown.
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雹
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| hail, hailstorm
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Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), below: enwrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
The rain, which is "enwrapped" is the hail.
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鲍
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JLPT no HSK |
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| abalone
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Left: fish 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: enwrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
Like a fish that is enwrapped (is this shell): The abalone.
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咆
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to roar
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Left: mouth 口, right: enwrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
The mouth is like enwrapped, when: roaring.
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刨
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to level, to make smooth, eliminate, to question
bào, páo
包
刂
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Left: enwrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.), right: knife, to cut刂
At the enwrapped it is cut, when leveling it to make it smooth.
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苞
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JLPT no HSK |
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| flower calyx, petal, bud, luxuriant, profuse
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Top: plant 艹, below: enwrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
At the plants the 'enwrapping' are the flower calyx.
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List of the radicals
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