Kanji N2

袋: sack, bag, pouch

袋 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning sack, bag, pouch, written with 11 strokes. It is read タイ, ダイ (on) and ふくろ (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 袋 (ふくろ, bag) and 手袋 (てぶくろ, glove).

袋

Meanings

  • sack
  • bag
  • pouch
Strokes11
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1125 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • タイ
  • ダイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ふくろ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 11. Start at the dot.

Common words with 袋

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 袋ふくろ

    bag; sack; pouch

    JLPT N3
  • 手袋てぶくろ

    glove; mitten; mitt

    JLPT N4
  • 足袋たび

    tabi; traditional split-toe socks

    JLPT N2
  • 紙袋かみぶくろ

    paper bag

  • 胃袋いぶくろ

    stomach

  • 袋小路ふくろこうじ

    blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street

  • 寝袋ねぶくろ

    sleeping bag

  • 袋物ふくろもの

    bags and pouches; bags

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.