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袋 — Sack

JLPT N211 strokesSecondary school#1125 most used
sack, bag, pouch
On’yomiタイ (tai)
On’yomiダイ (dai)
Kun’yomiふくろ (fukuro)

Stroke order (11 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 袋

WordReadingMeaning
ふくろ
fukuro
bag; sack; pouch
紙袋かみぶくろ
kamibukuro
paper bag
手袋てぶくろ
tebukuro
glove; mitten; mitt
お袋おふくろ
ofukuro
(one's) mother
袋小路ふくろこうじ
fukurokouji
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street
胃袋いぶくろ
ibukuro
stomach; dietary needs

Study notes

袋 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1125 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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