袱 fú wrapping cloth
wrapping cloth; pants
How to remember 袱: 衤 clothes + 伏 to crouch = wrapping cloth. Grandma packs her clothes for the trip, then has to crouch on the floor to tie them up in a big wrapping cloth.
Component breakdown
袱 = 衤 clothes + 伏 to crouch
- 衤 clothes
- 伏 to crouch
Grandma packs her clothes for the trip, then has to crouch on the floor to tie them up in a big wrapping cloth.
How it is used
- A bound character living only in 包袱 (bāofu). Ignore any 'trousers' gloss - that is an error.
- 包袱 is a cloth bundle; figuratively a mental/emotional burden (思想包袱, a psychological load; 放下包袱, unload one's worries); and in crosstalk it is the punchline - 抖包袱 (dǒu bāofu) means to deliver the gag.