Kanji N2

包: wrap, pack up, cover

包 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning wrap, pack up, cover, written with 5 strokes. It is read ホウ (on) and つつむ, くるむ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 包む (つつむ, to wrap up) and 包装 (ほうそう, packing).

包

Meanings

  • wrap
  • pack up
  • cover
  • conceal
Strokes5
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#954 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ホウ

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

Kun reading
  • つつむ
  • くるむ

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

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Common words with 包

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

  • 包むつつむ

    to wrap up; to pack; to bundle; to do up

    JLPT N4
  • 包装ほうそう

    packing; wrapping

    JLPT N2
  • 小包こづつみ

    parcel; package

    JLPT N3
  • 包みつつみ

    bundle; package; parcel

    JLPT N3
  • 包帯ほうたい

    bandage; dressing

    JLPT N2
  • 包括ほうかつ

    inclusion; complete coverage; comprehensiveness

  • 包囲ほうい

    siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding

  • 内包ないほう

    connotation; comprehension; intension

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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. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.