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箱
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

box

HSK 4 N2
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xiāng
ソウ
はこ
상
Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 相 represents the sound.
Components
⺮ "bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)+ 相 one another =
箱 box
⺮ Meaning component
zhú
"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)
⺮ is a component form of 竹.
相 Phonetic component
xiāng one another
mutual, reciprocal, each other
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Notes
Similar Characters
竺 India筑 short name for (simp)筮 divination with stalks竽 ancient竿 pole笄 Fifteen-Year-Old Hairpin笆 bamboo fence笈 bamboo box used笊 bamboo笋 bamboo (simp)笏 tablet held by笔 writing utensil (simp)笕 bamboo (simp)笙 small gourd-shaped musical笛 flute笞 bamboo rod used笠 bamboo hat笤 a broom笥 a hamper符 symbol
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
箱
Regular
Modern
Chinese
箱 [xiāng]
box; trunk; chest
Japanese
箱 、 函 (rare) 、 匣 (rare) 、 筥 (rare) 、 筐 (rare) 、 凾 (rare) はこ 、 ハコ 同音

noun

  1. box; case; chest; package; pack; crate
  2. car (of a train, etc.)
  3. shamisen case; shamisen
  4. colloquial public building; community building (often written as ハコ)
  5. archaic man who carries a geisha's shamisen
  6. archaic receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces)

suffix

  1. counter for boxes (or boxed objects)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
その取っ手を右にねじると箱は開きます。
Twist that knob to the right and the box will open.
Japanese Names
箱 はこ
Hako surname
箱 はこさき
Hakosaki surname
箱 はこざき
Hakozaki surname
CHINESE WORDS (119)
箱子 [xiāng​zi] #1,767
suitcase
冰箱 [bīng​xiāng] #3,013
icebox
保险箱 [bǎo​xiǎn​xiāng] #3,641
safe deposit box
保险箱 [bǎo​xiǎn​xiāng] #3,641
safe deposit box
邮箱 [yóu​xiāng] #7,431
mailbox
邮箱 [yóu​xiāng] #7,431
mailbox
集装箱 [jí​zhuāng​xiāng] #10,170
container (for shipping)
集装箱 [jí​zhuāng​xiāng] #10,170
container (for shipping)
信箱 [xìn​xiāng] #5,854
mailbox
音箱 [yīn​xiāng] #26,123
loudspeaker box
109 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (170)
⭐ 箱 [はこ] #1,625
box
木箱 [きばこ] #10,428
wooden box
宝箱 [たからばこ] #13,305
treasure chest
弁当箱 [べんとうばこ] #16,150
lunch box
下駄箱 [げたばこ] #17,311
shoe rack (at an entrance)
小箱 [こばこ] #19,052
small box
箱庭 [はこにわ] #23,109
miniature garden
ダンボール箱 [ダンボールばこ] #25,422
cardboard box
⭐ 十八番 [おはこ] #28,947
one's favourite party trick (favorite)
⭐ 救急箱 [きゅうきゅうばこ] #30,922
first-aid kit
160 more items
KOREAN WORDS (1)
상자 #6,281
box