厢

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box (in theater); side room; side

11 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,635 U+53A2

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

厂 (semantic, “building”) + 相 (phonetic, xiāng)

components: 厂相

side room · Heisig RSH #1576

cliff + 相 one another

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 相

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 相 (xiāng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
相 sound component	xiāng	mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other
想	xiǎng	to believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to think
箱	xiāng	box, case; chest, trunk
霜	shuāng	frost; frozen, crystallized, candied
湘	xiāng	Hunan province; the Xiangjiang river
葙	xiāng	feather cockscomb; Celosia argentea
缃	xiāng	light-yellow color

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
城厢区	Chéng xiāng Qū	Chengxiang, a district of Putian City 莆田市[Pu2 tian2 Shi4], Fujian
厢式车	xiāng shì chē	van
一厢情愿	yī xiāng qíng yuàn	one's own wishful thinking
西厢记	Xī xiāng Jì	Romance of the West Chamber by Wang Shifu 王實甫\|王实甫[Wang2 Shi2 fu3]
厢型车	xiāng xíng chē	van (Tw)
两厢情愿	liǎng xiāng qíng yuàn	both sides are willing; by mutual consent
一壁厢	yī bì xiāng	see 一壁[yi1 bi4]
三厢	sān xiāng	sedan (automobile body type)
车厢	chē xiāng	carriage; CL:節\|节[jie2]
城厢	Chéng xiāng	see 城廂區\|城厢区[Cheng2 xiang1 Qu1]
包厢	bāo xiāng	box (in a theater or concert hall); private room (in a restaurant or karaoke)
边厢	biān xiāng	side; side-room; room in the wings
厢房	xiāng fáng	wing (of a traditional house); side room
楼厢	lóu xiāng	loft
壁厢	bì xiāng	lateral; side; to the side; beside
轿厢	jiào xiāng	elevator car; cable car cabin; gondola (on a Ferris wheel)