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包 5 strokes

包 bāo — to cover; to wrap

5 strokes · radical 勹 (wrap)

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A way to remember it

A body wrapped around a child — a womb. From wrapping came to wrap, a bundle, and the 包 you eat: 包子, a filling with dough around it.

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A body wrapped around a child — a womb.

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