kuò

括 (kuò) is a Chinese word meaning “(bound form) to tie up; to tighten up; (bound form) to include; to comprise; to put (text) in brackets”.

Meanings

  1. 1(bound form) to tie up; to tighten up
  2. 2(bound form) to include; to comprise
  3. 3to put (text) in brackets
  4. 4Taiwan pr. [gua1]

Related words

包括to comprise概括to summarize; to generalize括约肌sphincter括号parentheses; brackets囊括to include圆括号parentheses; round brackets ( )方括号square brackets [ ]搜括see 搜刮[sou1 gua1]中括号square brackets [ ]六角括号tortoise shell brackets 〔〕含括(Tw) to contain大括号braces; curly brackets { }

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