袋
sack, bag, pouch
Readings
On'yomi
- タイ
- ダイ
Kun'yomi
- ふくろ
Nanori
- てい
- ない
- ぶく
Meaning
袋 centers on a flexible container for holding or carrying things: a sack, bag, or pouch.
Most common words using 袋
20 of 186- 袋ふくろN4
bag; sack; pouch
- 手袋てぶくろN4
glove; mitten; mitt
- 福袋ふくぶくろ
lucky-dip bag; grab bag; mystery package (with a variety of articles possibly worth more than the purchase price)
- 知恵袋ちえぶくろ
all one's wisdom; bag (full) of wisdom
- 紙袋かみぶくろ
paper bag
- 寝袋ねぶくろ
sleeping bag
- 胃袋いぶくろ
stomach
- 布袋ぬのぶくろ
cloth bag
- 布袋ほてい
Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
- 足袋たびN2
tabi; traditional split-toe socks
- お袋おふくろN1
(one's) mother
- 袋叩きふくろだたき
beating someone up by ganging up on them
- 袋小路ふくろこうじ
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street
- 小袋こぶくろ
small bag
- 堪忍袋かんにんぶくろ
one's store of patience
- 大袋おおぶくろ
large bag
- 浮き袋うきぶくろ
swimming belt; swimming float; life buoy; life jacket
- 地下足袋じかたび
work tabi; split-toed heavy cloth shoes with rubber soles
- 戸袋とぶくろ
box (built-in) for containing shutters; shutter case; door pocket
- 布袋葵ほていあおい
common water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes)
Study
Etymology
袋 combines 衣 (clothing) with 代, which likely contributes the sound. The idea is a cloth container, like a bag or sack.
Meaning mnemonic
The top 代 looks like a person, and the bottom 衣 is clothing. Imagine a person carrying clothes in a large sack or bag.
Reading mnemonic
For タイ, picture tying a bag shut: tie -> タイ, and the bag is securely closed.