括 — Chinese character
括
kuò
to embrace, to enclose, to include
- Pinyin
- kuò
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 扌 舌
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 舌
- Japanese
- 括 as a kanji
Common words with 括
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 包括 | bāo kuò | to comprise; to include |
| 概括 | gài kuò | to summarize; to generalize; briefly; in broad outline |
| 囊括 | náng kuò | to include; to embrace |
| 括号 (括號) | kuò hào | parentheses; brackets |
| 总括 (總括) | zǒng kuò | to sum up; all-inclusive |
| 搜括 | sōu kuò | see 搜刮 (sōu guā) |
| 括约肌 (括約肌) | kuò yuē jī | sphincter |
| 涵括 | hán kuò | to encompass; to cover |
| 含括 | hán guā | (Tw) to contain; to include |
| 括弧 | kuò hú | parentheses; brackets |
| 方括号 (方括號) | fāng kuò hào | square brackets [ ] |
| 圆括号 (圓括號) | yuán kuò hào | parentheses; round brackets ( ) |
English words written with 括
括 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 1 · Mencius 3 · Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.