bag, wrap

is composed of (bag, wrap) and (sixth earthly branch). is the picture of a fetal membrane, while is the picture of a fetus, so depicts a fetus being wrapped inside the fetal membrane. The original meaning of is fetal membrane, but such meaning has been replaced by , now only means bag or wrap.

Vocabulary of 包

  • 包圍 (surround)
  • 包含 (contain)
  • 背包 (backpack)

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