箱
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box; trunk; chest
15 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,013 U+7BB1
How 箱 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺮ (semantic, “bamboo”) + 相 (phonetic, xiāng)
How to remember it
box · Heisig RSH #788
竹 bamboo + 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 |
| 霜 | shuāng | frost; frozen, crystallized, candied |
| 湘 | xiāng | Hunan province; the Xiangjiang river |
| 厢 | xiāng | side-room, wing; theatre box |
| 葙 | xiāng | feather cockscomb; Celosia argentea |
| 缃 | xiāng | light-yellow color |
Words containing 箱
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电子信箱 | diàn zǐ xìn xiāng | e-mail inbox |
| 自动装箱 | zì dòng zhuāng xiāng | autoboxing (computing) |
| 语音信箱 | yǔ yīn xìn xiāng | voice mailbox; voicemail |
| 黑箱子 | hēi xiāng zi | black box (aviation), (systems theory) |
| 水族箱 | shuǐ zú xiāng | aquarium; fish tank |
| 车后箱 | chē hòu xiāng | car boot, trunk |
| 意见箱 | yì jiàn xiāng | suggestion box |
| 保管箱 | bǎo guǎn xiāng | safe deposit box; safe |
| 手提箱 | shǒu tí xiāng | suitcase |
| 电冰箱 | diàn bīng xiāng | refrigerator; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 行李箱 | xíng li xiāng | suitcase; baggage compartment; overhead bin; (car) trunk; boot |
| 箱子 | xiāng zi | suitcase; chest; box; case; trunk; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4] |
| 集油箱 | jí yóu xiāng | oil sump |
| 水箱 | shuǐ xiāng | water tank; radiator (automobile); cistern; lavabo |
| 机箱 | jī xiāng | computer case |
| 集装箱船 | jí zhuāng xiāng chuán | container ship |
| 箱型车 | xiāng xíng chē | van (Tw); also written 廂型車|厢型车[xiang1 xing2 che1] |
| 电箱 | diàn xiāng | circuit box |
| 板条箱 | bǎn tiáo xiāng | crate |
| 条板箱 | tiáo bǎn xiāng | crate |