勹 Radical 20 — to wrap, to enclose; a bent, embracing arm
bāo (first tone, high and level)
to wrap, to enclose; a bent, embracing arm
Radical 202 strokes0 characters
Where the shape comes from
A body bent forward at the waist, one arm curling round to embrace whatever it holds — the same folding gesture drawn small enough to sit as a shell around another element. An unborn child 巳 wrapped inside gives 包, to wrap, a bundle; a dot of contents held in its curve gives 勺, a ladle; and what it holds divided evenly gives 匀.
characters filed under 勹
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