包 - Dong Chinese dictionary

bāo

wrap

Original meaning:

to embrace

Depicts a person (勹) hugging a child (子). Based on the original meaning "to embrace", now written as 抱. The meaning later shifted to "cover" and "wrap".

Components

勹 Sound Iconic component

bāo

wrap

Depicts a person hugging. 勹 also represents the sound.

子 Iconic component

zi, zǐ

child

Depicts a child. Modern form looks like 巳.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 子 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

包

bāo

wrap, pack, bundle; package; to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; CL:個|个[gè],隻|只[zhī]

包

Bāo

surname Bao

Most common words with 包