wrap, pack up, cover, conceal
包 centers on enclosing something completely: wrapping, packing up, covering, or concealing an object within a surrounding layer.
包 combines 勹 (a wrapping enclosure) with 巳 (a curled shape suggesting something inside), together expressing the idea of wrapping or enclosing.
The outer 勹 is like a wrapping cloth, and the inner 巳 is the object being wrapped. Picture a cloth folded tightly around a small item, covering it completely.
For ホウ, imagine wrapping a precious object in a protective pouch: pouch -> ホウ, and the wrapping keeps it safe.
to wrap up; to pack; to bundle; to do up
to wrap up (in); to roll up (in); to tuck (up)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
kitchen knife
counter for packaged goods (esp. powdered medicine)
yurt
packing; wrapping
bundle; package; parcel
inclusion; complete coverage; comprehensiveness
phimosis
packing; crating; packaging
bandage; dressing
connotation; comprehension; intension
to wrap up
tolerance; magnanimity; comprehension
parcel; package
foreskin; prepuce
inclusion; comprehension; implication; containing; covering
inclusion; encompassing; connotation
to lump together; to include; to sum up; to quibble