裹
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to wrap around; bundle; parcel; package; to press into service; to pressgang; to make off with (sth)
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Dict coverage rank #2,739 U+88F9
How 裹 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
衣 (semantic, “clothes”) + 果 (phonetic, guǒ)
How to remember it
envelop · Heisig RSH #2182
top hat and scarf + 果 fruit
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 果
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 果 (guǒ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 果 sound component | guǒ | fruit, nut; result |
| 课 | kè | subject, lesson, course; classwork |
| 裸 | luǒ | bare, nude; to strip, to undress |
| 踝 | huái | ankle |
| 窠 | kē | den, nest; hole, indentation |
| 棵 | kē | measure word for trees |
| 骒 | kè | mare, jenny |
| 夥 | huǒ | assistant; companion; partner; many, numerous |
| 蜾 | guǒ | solitary wasp; potter wasp |
| 倮 | luǒ | bare, naked, uncovered |
| 猓 | guǒ | monkey |
| 锞 | kè | ingot; acrobatic move |
| 髁 | kē | thigh bone, hip bone, kneecap |
Words containing 裹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 联合包裹服务公司 | Lián hé Bāo guǒ Fú wù Gōng sī | United Parcel Service (UPS) |
| 裹足不前 | guǒ zú bù qián | to stand still without advancing (idiom); to hesitate and hold back |
| 杜口裹足 | dù kǒu guǒ zú | too frightened to move or speak |
| 马革裹尸 | mǎ gé guǒ shī | to be buried in a horse hide (idiom); to give one's life on the battlefield |
| 裹尸布 | guǒ shī bù | shroud; cloth to wrap a corpse |
| 包裹 | bāo guǒ | to wrap up; to bind up; bundle; parcel; package; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 裹包 | guǒ bāo | to wrap up; parcel |
| 裹脚 | guǒ jiǎo | foot-binding; long strip of cloth used for foot-binding |
| 装裹 | zhuāng guo | to dress a corpse; shroud |
| 卷裹 | juǎn guǒ | to wrap up; (fig.) to envelop; to swallow up |
| 封裹 | fēng guǒ | to wrap up; to pack up |
| 紧裹 | jǐn guǒ | to wrap tightly; to wind tightly; to bind; close-fitting (clothes) |
| 敷裹 | fū guǒ | medical dressing |
| 裹胁 | guǒ xié | to compel; to coerce |
| 裹挟 | guǒ xié | to sweep along; to coerce |