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包 means 'wrap'

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Strokes : 5    Frequency: 956   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-11    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 45    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 62 words   Used in 123 words   Used in 95 names   Component in 32 kanji (5 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ホウ
Kun
   つつむ to wrap
Additional readings
Kun    くるむ
Name    お   かね
Components
⿻  勹 wrap  己 self  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 包 is used 9 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 包 is used 110 times, read 3 ways (with 5 variations).
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ホウ : 63 words FIND ALL
ほ う そ う 0
packing; wrapping
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ホウ (read as ぼう) : 10 words FIND ALL
noun
Japanese knife
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ホウ (read as ぽう) : 7 words FIND ALL
noun
packaging cost
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つつむ : 15 words FIND ALL
つ つ む 2
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to wrap up; to tuck in; to pack; to do up; to cover with; to dress in
2. to conceal; to hide; to be engulfed in; to be enveloped by  (this meaning is restricted to reading つつむ)
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くるむ (read as ぐる) : 5 words FIND ALL
あ み ぐ る み 3
noun
knitted or crocheted small stuffed animal or anthropomorphic creature; knitted stuffed toy
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くるむ : 5 words FIND ALL
お く る み 2
noun
covering used to wrap a baby  (often written with kana only)
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つつむ (read as づつ) : 4 words FIND ALL
う わ づ つ み 3
noun
cover; wrapper; envelope
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づつみ: 1 word. FIND ALL
こ づ つ み 2
noun
parcel; package
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An additional づつみ less common words include 包 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 611 (originally: 583)  Joy o' Kanji : 583  Key to Kanji: 960 

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包
ホウ   つつむ to wrap   
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勹
wrap
己
コ   キ   おのれ self   
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