The Chinese Radical: 包




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Meaning
package, to cover, to wrap    包

Explanation 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.

Used in these characters:
HSK 2
to run, to escape, race
pǎo
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.  
HSK 3
package, to cover, to wrap
bāo
Top: wrap 勹, below: snake 巳 (but her: self 己 [= Following the winding, I find myself])
Wrap it in, then it is itself: well packed.  
HSK 3
to eat till full, sated, satisfied
bǎo
Left: food 饣/食, right: wrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
If the food is 'enwrapped' (= in my stomach), I am full/sated.  
HSK 4
to hug or embrace, to hold (in arms), surround
bào
Left: hand 扌, right: wrap 包 (self 己 wrapped 勹)
Her hands wrapped me in a hug.  
HSK 5
cannon, artillery, firecracker
pào
Left: fire 火, right: enwrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
The fire that is enwrapped is the cannon.  
HSK 6
foam, blister, swollen, spongy
pāo, pào
Left: water 氵, right: wrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
Water, that 'enwraps', is: foam.  
HSK 6
placenta, womb, born of the same parents
bāo
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.  
HSK 6
gown (lined), robe
páo
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.  
HSK 6
hail, hailstorm
báo
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.  
no HSK
abalone
bào
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.  
no HSK
to roar
páo
Left: mouth 口, right: enwrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
The mouth is like enwrapped, when: roaring.  
no HSK
to level, to make smooth, eliminate, to question
bào, páo
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.  
no HSK
flower calyx, petal, bud, luxuriant, profuse
bāo
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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