The 包 family
包 · bāo · ㄅㄠ — to cover
Know 包 and the readings of 9 more characters follow: 抱、跑、鮑、泡、胞、炮、飽、砲、袍. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 抱bào · ㄅㄠˋ部首 扌 提手旁 · handto hold; to hug; to carry81%
- 跑pǎo · ㄆㄠˇ部首 足 · footto run; to run away68%
- 鮑bào · ㄅㄠˋ部首 魚 · fishabalone81%
- 泡pào · ㄆㄠˋ部首 氵 三點水 · waterbubble; foam; blister68%
- 胞bāo · ㄅㄠ部首 肉 · meatplacenta; womb90%
- 炮pào · ㄆㄠˋ部首 火 · firecannon; firecracker68%
- 飽bǎo · ㄅㄠˇ部首 飠 食字旁 · to eatto eat till full; satisfied81%
- 砲pào · ㄆㄠˋ部首 石 · rockgun, cannon68%
- 袍páo · ㄆㄠˊ部首 衤 衣字旁 · clothesgown (lined)68%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 包 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 包 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 75%.
Words this family builds
- 抱歉
- 包括
- 逃跑
- 抱怨
- 擁抱
- 包裹
- 包圍
- 細胞
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