苞 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
- On
- ホウ・ヒョウ
- Kun
- つと
- Meaning
- a bract; a straw wrapper
Origin
Grass 艹 with 包, to wrap, as phonetic: the leaf that wraps a flower; also a straw wrapper.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 総苞そうほう
an involucre
- 苞つと
a straw wrapper; a gift
Example
藁苞に納豆を包む。
They wrap the fermented beans in a straw bundle.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)