xiāng

box

trunk; chest

bamboo (⺮) + 相 = box or chest

Bamboo was the traditional material for making storage containers in early China. 相 gives the sound xiāng; the bamboo radical carries the meaning.

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Bamboo (variant of 竹)Semantic
MutualPhonetic

这个子里放着很多旧书。

zhè ge xiāng zi lǐ fàng zhe hěn duō jiù shū。

This box has a lot of old books inside it.

他把所有的衣服都装进了那口大子。

tā bǎ suǒ yǒu de yī fu dōu zhuāng jìn le nà kǒu dà xiāng zi。

He packed all his clothes into that large trunk.

Words with 箱

邮政信箱

yóu zhèng xìn xiāng

post office box

邮箱

yóu xiāng

mailbox

蜂箱

fēng xiāng

beehive

铁箱

tiě xiāng

metal trunk

开箱

kāi xiāng

unboxing

自动装箱

zì dòng zhuāng xiāng

autoboxing (computing)

集油箱

jí yóu xiāng

oil sump

集装箱

jí zhuāng xiāng

container (for shipping)

集装箱船

jí zhuāng xiāng chuán

container ship

电冰箱

diàn bīng xiāng

refrigerator

电子信箱

diàn zǐ xìn xiāng

e-mail inbox

电子邮箱

diàn zǐ yóu xiāng

email inbox

More characters with ⺮