Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

袋: sack, bag

Also: pouch

JLPT N211 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

衣 carries the meaning · 代 gives the sound

11 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

タイtai · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 郵袋ゆうたいmailbag

ふくろfukuro · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 袋ふくろbag, sack
  • お袋おふくろone's mother
  • 胃袋いぶくろstomach
  • 紙袋かみぶくろpaper bag
  • 手袋てぶくろglove
  • 浮き袋うきぶくろswimming ring, swimming float
  • ビニール袋ビニールぶくろplastic bag

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 袋小路ふくろこうじblind alley, cul-de-sac
  • 足袋たびtabi

Also read ダイ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Dress for the occasion! This radical represents the protective layers we wear and the social identity that fine clothing provides.”
More in the 衣 clothes story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
代

Also built on substitute (代)

袋 takes the 代 family's reading, タイ (tai).

衣

Also built on clothes (衣)

All 17

Also read タイ

26 kanji share this on'yomiAll 26

Also read ダイ

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
袋 sack · 代
vs裁 tailor · 𢦏
袋 has 代 where 裁 has 𢦏.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · dài

Same form: 袋 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
袋 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
袋 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin dài most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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