袱 (fú): (bound form) a cloth used to wrap or cover
袱 (fú) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) a cloth used to wrap or cover.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 衤 (structural) and 伏 (structural). It ranks #2886 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 袱 something wrapped 伏 in cloth 衤; 伏 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 衤 (clothing) appears in many related characters such as 衣 (yī, clothing), 表 (biǎo, exterior surface), 装 (zhuāng, dress, install).
Definitions
- (bound form) a cloth used to wrap or cover
Etymology & Origin
ideographicSomething wrapped 伏 in cloth 衤; 伏 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰衤伏 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 包袱noun | bāo fu | wrapping cloth |
| 背包袱verb | bēi bāo fú | to have a weight on one's mind |
| 放下包袱 | fàng xia bāo fu | to lay down a heavy burden |
| 思想包袱 | sī xiǎng bāo fu | sth weighing on one's mind |
| 包袱底儿noun | bāo fu dǐ r | family heirloom |
| 包袱皮儿noun | bāo fu pí r | wrapping cloth |
| 偶像包袱noun | ǒu xiàng bāo fu | burden of having to maintain one's image as a pop idol |
| 甩包袱 | shuǎi bāo fu | lit. to fling off a bundle |
袱 appears in 8 compound words: 0 as the first character, 75 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 袱 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
这个袱字的意思与它的部首有关。
zhè gě fú zì de yì sī yú tā de bù shǒu yǒu guān .
The meaning of the character "袱" is related to its radical.
重点是，它们没有大公司的包袱，敢于不顾一切的进步。
chóng diǎn shì , tā men méi yǒu dà gōng sī de bāo fú , gǎn yú bù gù yī qiē de jìn bù .
The key point is that they aren't weighed down by the baggage of large corporations and are willing to push forward at all costs.
此外，球队还背负着此前两次世界杯铜牌赛均告负的历史包袱。
cǐ wài , qiú duì hái bèi fù zhe cǐ qián liǎng cì shì jiè bēi tóng pái sài jūn gào fù de lì shǐ bāo fú .
In addition, the team is burdened by the historical weight of having lost both of its previous World Cup bronze medal matches.
SK海力士昔日包袱变获利引擎 NAND年底前转向321层制...
S K hǎi lì shì xī rì bāo fú biàn huò lì yǐn qíng N A N D nián de qián zhuǎn xiàng 3 2 1 céng zhì . . .
SK Hynix’s Former Burden Becomes a Profit Engine; NAND to Shift to 321-Layer Process by Year-End...
张国炜:让没有包袱的人来执行遗嘱
zhāng guó 炜 : ràng méi yǒu bāo fú de rén lái zhí háng yí zhǔ
Zhang Guowei: Let people without burdens execute the will
Character Family
衤 Radical Family — Characters sharing the clothing radical
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