括

kuò

HSK 43 readings

“To tie up” in Chinese is 括 (kuò).

Other characters with the syllable kuo: see all 4 →

Meaning

bound formto tie up; to tighten up
bound formto include; to comprise
to put (text) in brackets

Example

包括早饭吗？

Is breakfast included?

From 包括 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

kuò(bound form) to tie up; to tighten up / (bound form) to include; to comprise / to put (text) in brackets
guāto scrape (archaic, variant of 刮)

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Words containing 括

包括bāokuòto compriseHSK 4 概括gàikuòto summarize; to generalizeHSK 4 括号kuòhàoparentheses; bracketsHSK 4 括弧kuòhúparentheses; bracketsHSK 7-9

More HSK 4 characters

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