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櫃
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柜
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cupboard

HSK 10
Objects →Containers
guì
キ
ひつ
궤
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 匱 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (櫃)
木 tree+ 匱 empty (iii) =
櫃 cupboard
木 Meaning component
mù tree
wood
匱 Phonetic component
empty (iii)
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Simplified (柜)
木 tree+ 巨 gigantic =
柜 cabinet, cupboard, wardrobe
木 Meaning component
mù tree
巨 Phonetic component
jù gigantic
large, great, enormous
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Notes
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Chinese
柜 / 櫃 [guì]
cupboard; cabinet; wardrobe
Japanese
櫃 ひつ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana chest; coffer
  2. rice tub; (explanation) lidded round, wooden container for cooked rice
Korean
궤 [櫃]
Noun
chest; box; A square container in which objects are kept.; gwe; box; Unit to count the number of square containers in which objects are kept.
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
櫃 ひつぎ
Hitsugi surname
CHINESE WORDS (41)
柜台 [guì​tái] #6,767
sales counter
柜子 [guì​zi] #5,399
cupboard
专柜 [zhuān​guì] #33,363
sales counter dedicated to a certain kind of product (e.g. alcohol)
衣柜 [yī​guì] #6,691
wardrobe
保险柜 [bǎo​xiǎn​guì] #8,046
a safe
橱柜 [chú​guì] #11,936
cupboard
掌柜 [zhǎng​guì] #65,991
shopkeeper
翻箱倒柜 [fān​xiāng​dǎo​guì] #31,321
to overturn trunks and boxes
床头柜 [chuáng​tóu​guì] #14,167
bedside cabinet
冰柜 [bīng​guì] #17,932
freezer
31 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (9)
鎧櫃 [よろいびつ] #74,341
storage chest for a suit of armour and a helmet
聖櫃 [せいひつ] #86,712
Ark of the Covenant (Judaism)
飯櫃 [めしびつ] #94,882
round, wooden container for cooked rice
唐櫃 [からびつ] #98,059
six-legged Chinese-style chest
米櫃 [こめびつ] #114,371
rice bin
お櫃 [おひつ] #120,064
round, wooden container for cooked rice
石櫃 [いしびつ] #126,125
box-shaped funerary urn made of stone
櫃まぶし [ひつまぶし] #216,513
chopped kabayaki eel on rice
金櫃 [きんき]
metal box