袱
cloth wrapper
Readings
On'yomi
- フク
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
袱 centers on a cloth used for wrapping or carrying things, specifically a cloth wrapper.
Most common words using 袱
- 卓袱しっぽく
Chinese-style low dining table
- 卓袱ちゃぶ
meal
- 卓袱料理しっぽくりょうり
Japanese-Chinese cuisine, served family-style (large dishes, diners help themselves), specialty of Nagasaki; Chinese table cuisine
- 掛け袱紗かけぶくさ
crape wrapper
- 精進袱紗しょうじんぶくさ
cloth used as a gift for ceremonies
- 袱紗ふくさ
small silk wrapper; small cloth for wiping tea utensils; crepe wrapper
Study
Etymology
袱 combines 衤 (clothing/cloth) with 伏, which likely contributes the sound フク. The character refers to a cloth wrapper, consistent with the cloth radical.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 衤 is cloth, and the right side 伏 looks like a person bending over something. Imagine a person bending over to wrap items in a cloth wrapper.
Reading mnemonic
For フク, picture a cloth wrapper full of fuku (服, clothes): fuku -> フク, and the cloth wrapper holds the clothes.