包 bāo
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 勹 — wrap
- Made of
- 勹 wrap 巳 snake
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
包装
bāozhuāng
packaging; to wrap
Characters in this word
装 zhuāng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 衣 — cloth
- Made of
- 壮 big, large 衣 cloth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 包装很漂亮。 Bāozhuāng hěn piàoliang. The packaging is very pretty.
- 请包装礼物。 Qǐng bāozhuāng lǐwù. Please wrap the gift.
- 这个包装好。 Zhège bāozhuāng hǎo. This packaging is good.