包括

Chinese

		to cover; to wrap; to hold to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for)	enclose; include
simp. and trad. (包括)		包	括

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāokuò, bāoguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ ㄎㄨㄛˋ, ㄅㄠ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baau¹ kut³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pâu-koat

  (Hailu, HRS): bau^ˋ guad

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pau-koat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bao¹ guag⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pau-kuaq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāokuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ ㄎㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: baokuò
    • Wade–Giles: pao¹-kʻuo⁴
    • Yale: bāu-kwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baukuoh
    • Palladius: баоко (baoko)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ kʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāoguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: baogua
    • Wade–Giles: pao¹-kua¹
    • Yale: bāu-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baugua
    • Palladius: баогуа (baogua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baau¹ kut³
    • Yale: bāau kut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baau¹ kut⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: bao¹ kud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯⁵⁵ kʰuːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâu-koat
    • Hakka Romanization System: bau^ˊ guad^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bau¹ guad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pau̯²⁴ ku̯at̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: bau^ˋ guad
    • Sinological IPA: /pau⁵³ kuat⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pau-koat
    • Tâi-lô: pau-kuat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pau'koad
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pau⁴⁴⁻²² kuat̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pau³³ kuat̚⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pau⁴⁴⁻²² kuat̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pau⁴⁴⁻³³ kuat̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pau⁴⁴⁻³³ kuat̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bao¹ guag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pau kuak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau³³⁻²³ kuak̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹pau-kuaq
    • MiniDict: pau^平 kuah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pau-kuaq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɔ⁵⁵ kuaʔ²¹/

Verb

包括

1. to include; to consist of

   包括但不限於／包括但不限于  ―  bāokuò dàn bù xiànyú  ―  including, but not limited to, ...

   以感恩的心態面對一切、包括失敗，你會發現，人生其實很精彩。 [MSC, trad.]
   以感恩的心态面对一切、包括失败，你会发现，人生其实很精彩。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yǐ gǎn'ēn de xīntài miànduì yīqiè, bāokuò shībài, nǐ huì fāxiàn, rénshēng qíshí hěn jīngcǎi. [Pinyin]

   Face everything, including failure, with a grateful mind, and you will find that life is actually wonderful.

Synonyms

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• 儲藏 / 储藏 (chǔcáng)
• 包 (literary, or in compounds)
• 包含 (bāohán)
• 包孕 (bāoyùn)
• 包容 (bāoróng)
• 包羅 / 包罗 (bāoluó)
• 包舉 / 包举 (bāojǔ) (literary)
• 包蘊 / 包蕴 (bāoyùn)
• 含
• 含有 (hányǒu)
• 含蓄 (hánxù)
• 囊括 (nángkuò)
• 容納 / 容纳 (róngnà)
• 涵括 (hánkuò)
• 涵蓋 / 涵盖 (hángài)
• 蘊含 / 蕴含 (yùnhán)
• 蘊涵 / 蕴涵 (yùnhán)
• 蘊藏 / 蕴藏 (yùncáng)
• 貯藏 / 贮藏 (zhùcáng)
• 連 / 连

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (包括):

• → Japanese: 包括(ほうかつ) (hōkatsu)
• → Korean: 포괄(包括) (pogwal)
• → Vietnamese: bao quát (包括)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
包	括
ほう Grade: 4	かつ Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほーかつ [hòókátsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ːka̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

包(ほう)括(かつ) • (hōkatsu) ^{←はうくわつ (faukwatu)?}

1. comprehensiveness

Derived terms

• 包括的(ほうかつてき) (hōkatsuteki)

Verb

包(ほう)括(かつ)する • (hōkatsu suru) ^{←はうくわつ (faukwatu)?}transitive suru (stem 包(ほう)括(かつ)し (hōkatsu shi), past 包(ほう)括(かつ)した (hōkatsu shita))

1. to include, to comprehend, to embrace
   • 2024 April 17, 小泉龍司 [Ryūji Koizumi], quotee, “第213回国会　衆議院　法務委員会　第13号　令和6年4月17日 [213th Diet House of Representatives Judicial Affairs Committee No. 13 April 17, 2024]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎^[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 25 September 2025:

     したがって、現行の援助業務は、被害直後から被害者が必要とする民事、刑事、行政手続に関連する様々な対応を包括して支援するというものではございませんでした。

     Shitagatte, genkō no enjo gyōmu wa, higai chokugo kara higaisha ga hitsuyō to suru minji, keiji, gyōsei tetsuzuki ni kanren suru samazama na taiō o hōkatsu shite shien suru to iu mono de wa gozai masen deshita.

     Therefore, the current assistance services do not provide comprehensive support for the various civil, criminal, and administrative procedures that victims need immediately after an incident.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "包括する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	包括し	ほうかつし	hōkatsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	包括し	ほうかつし	hōkatsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	包括する	ほうかつする	hōkatsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	包括する	ほうかつする	hōkatsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	包括すれ	ほうかつすれ	hōkatsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	包括せよ¹ 包括しろ²	ほうかつせよ¹ ほうかつしろ²	hōkatsu seyo¹ hōkatsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	包括される	ほうかつされる	hōkatsu sareru
Causative	包括させる 包括さす	ほうかつさせる ほうかつさす	hōkatsu saseru hōkatsu sasu
Potential	包括できる	ほうかつできる	hōkatsu dekiru
Volitional	包括しよう	ほうかつしよう	hōkatsu shiyō
Negative	包括しない	ほうかつしない	hōkatsu shinai
Negative continuative	包括せず	ほうかつせず	hōkatsu sezu
Formal	包括します	ほうかつします	hōkatsu shimasu
Perfective	包括した	ほうかつした	hōkatsu shita
Conjunctive	包括して	ほうかつして	hōkatsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	包括すれば	ほうかつすれば	hōkatsu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “包括”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026