箱 xiāng box
box; case; chest; measure word for boxes
怎么记住“箱”: 𥫗 bamboo + 相 mutual = box. Moving out, the two roommates split the bamboo plates with mutual respect and pack them into one last box.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
箱 = 𥫗 bamboo + 相 mutual
- 𥫗 bamboo meaning
- 相 mutual sound
- 木 tree
- 目 eye
Moving out, the two roommates split the bamboo plates with mutual respect and pack them into one last box.
How it came to be
Bamboo gives the meaning and mutual gives the sound: a box made of bamboo.
用法
- A box/case/chest, bamboo radical ⺮ from old wicker trunks: 箱子 (xiāngzi) suitcase/box, 冰箱 (bīngxiāng) refrigerator ('ice box').
- Very productive: 邮箱 (yóuxiāng) mailbox (and email inbox), 后备箱 (hòubèixiāng) car trunk, 集装箱 (jízhuāngxiāng) shipping container.
- Measure word note: a box of things is 一箱 (yì xiāng), e.g. 一箱苹果 (yì xiāng píngguǒ) a case of apples.
含“箱”的词语
例句
- 冰箱坏了。 Bīngxiāng huài le.The refrigerator is broken.
- 箱子倒了。 Xiāngzi dǎo le.The box fell.
- 那个箱子破了。 Nàge xiāngzi pò le.The trunk is broken.