(guǒ): to wrap around, bundle, parcel, package, to press into service, to pressgang, to make off with (sth)

(guǒ) is a Chinese character meaning “to wrap around.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (semantic) and (phonetic). It ranks #2314 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, clothes. Its radical form (clothing) appears in many related characters such as (, clothing), (biǎo, exterior surface), (zhuāng, dress, install).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. to wrap around
  2. bundle
  3. parcel
  4. package
  5. to press into service
  6. to pressgang
  7. to make off with (sth)

Etymology & Origin

pictophoneticclothes

Decomposition: ⿻衣果 (layout: overlay)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
verb/nounbāo guǒto wrap up5

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
guǒ zú bù qiánto stand still without advancing (idiom)
mǎ gé guǒ shīto be buried in a horse hide (idiom)
lián hé bāo guǒ fú wù gōng sīUnited Parcel Service (UPS)
dù kǒu guǒ zútoo frightened to move or speak
zhuāng guoto dress a corpse
guǒ bāoto wrap up
guǒ shī bùshroud
jǐn guǒto wrap tightly
guǒ jiǎofoot-binding
fēng guǒto wrap up
juǎn guǒto wrap up
guǒ xiéto compel
fū guǒmedical dressing
guǒ xiéto sweep along
15
Total compounds
40
As first character
40
As last character
20
As middle character

appears in 15 compound words: 40 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 20 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 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

bāo
0.60334,715 co-occurrences
xié
0.550600 co-occurrences
tuō
0.5046,414 co-occurrences
jīn
0.469582 co-occurrences
0.4596,954 co-occurrences
xiàn
0.456132 co-occurrences
yùn
0.4516,594 co-occurrences
bēng
0.44754 co-occurrences
zòng
0.435108 co-occurrences
shī
0.424498 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (3)

dù kǒu guǒ zúHSK 7+

too frightened to move or speak

phrase
guǒzúbùqiánHSK 5+

to hesitate to proceed

phrase
mǎgéguǒshīHSK 7+

to die in the battlefield (of a soldier)

verb

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

学习字需要反复练习,才能写得工整。

xué xí guǒ zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .

Mastering the art of writing characters requires repeated practice to achieve neatness.

中時新聞網Mar 2026

“包手阿志头”店员乱丢包 拍摄者超商嘻笑:寄了会碎

bāo shǒu ā zhì tóu diàn yuán luàn diū bāo guǒ pāi shè zhě chāo shāng 嘻 xiào : jì le huì suì

"Bao Shou A Zhi Tou" Store Clerk Tosses Packages Around; Video Filmer Laughs at Convenience Store: "It'll Break If You Send It"

TvbsMar 2026

陆女北漂生病!爸妈听1句话寄巨大包 她打开惊呼:是一头牛

lù nǚ běi piāo shēng bìng ! bà mā tīng 1 jù huà jì jù dà bāo guǒ tā dǎ kāi jīng hū : shì yī tóu niú

A young woman from the mainland fell ill while living in Beijing! After hearing just one sentence from her parents, they sent her a huge package. When she opened it, she gasped in surprise: it was a cow!

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

到桃园虎头山区埋大麻包 越籍逃逸外劳被判3年徒刑

dào táo yuán hǔ tóu shān qū mái dà má bāo guǒ yuè jí táo yì wài láo bèi pàn 3 nián tú xíng

Burying marijuana packages in the Hutou Mountains of Taoyuan Vietnamese fugitive foreign workers were sentenced to 3 years in prison

Hk01.comFeb 2026

...院判决或掀连锁反应 特朗普急签令守小额包关税防线

. . . yuàn pàn jué huò xiān lián suǒ fǎn yīng tè lǎng pǔ jí qiān lìng shǒu xiǎo é bāo guǒ guān shuì fáng xiàn

... The court's judgment may set off a chain reaction Trump urgently signed an order to guard the small parcel tariff defense line

百度新闻Feb 2026

春节“不打烊”年货包奔赴千家万户 “机器集群+A..

chūn jié bù dǎ 烊 nián huò bāo guǒ bēn fù qiān jiā wàn hù jī qì jí qún A . .

Spring Festival "does not close" New Year's goods packages go to thousands of households "machine cluster + A....

Tatoeba

汤姆收到我们寄给他的包吗?

Tāngmǔ shōudào wǒmen jì gěi tā de bāoguǒ ma?

Did Tom get the package we sent him?

Tatoeba

她用绳子把包紧紧绑好了。

Tā yòng shéngzi bǎ bāoguǒ jǐnjǐn bǎng hǎo le.

She tied up the parcel with string.

Tatoeba

她用一条毯子把自己起来。

Tā yòng yī tiáo tǎnzi bǎ zìjǐ guǒ qǐlai.

She wrapped herself in a blanket.

Tatoeba

他把一个包挟在腋下。

Tā bǎ yī gè bāoguǒ jiā zài yèxià.

He held a package under his arm.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced guǒ

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 裹 (guǒ) mean in Chinese?
裹 (guǒ) primarily means "to wrap around." It is classified as HSK Level 5, making it an advanced character. It ranks #2314 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 裹 and 课?
裹 (guǒ) and 课 (kè) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 衤 vs 讠 (same 果 component).
How many strokes does 裹 have?
裹 is written with 12 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 裹?
The radical associated with 裹 is 衤 (clothing). This radical appears in many characters related to clothing.
What are the components of 裹?
裹 is composed of: 衣 (semantic), 果 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿻衣果 with a overlay layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 裹?
Common words with 裹 include: 包裹 (bāo guǒ, "to wrap up"); 裹足不前 (guǒ zú bù qián, "to stand still without advancing (idiom)"); 马革裹尸 (mǎ gé guǒ shī, "to be buried in a horse hide (idiom)"); 联合包裹服务公司 (lián hé bāo guǒ fú wù gōng sī, "United Parcel Service (UPS)"); 杜口裹足 (dù kǒu guǒ zú, "too frightened to move or speak"). There are over 15 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 裹 (guǒ)?
Several characters share the pronunciation guǒ: 郭 (outer city wall), 锅 (pot), 国 (country), 果 (fruit, result), and 2 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 裹 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 裹 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.