Hanja Analyzer
裹

裹 — gwa

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
쌀 과
Romanization
gwa
English
wrap, bind; encircle, confine
Mandarin
guǒ
Japanese on'yomi
カ
Japanese kun'yomi
つつ.む
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
14
Radical
衣 (145, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
果(과)
Unicode
U+88F9

How 裹 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 裹 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 衣, 果.

Characters sharing the phonetic 果

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “과” in Korean.

Other hanja read “과”

Other hanja with radical 衣

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