盒
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small box; case
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 皿 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 盒
- Common rank
- #1,853
- Unicode
- U+76D2
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
small box · Heisig RSH #2489
合 fit + dish
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 盒
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 盒式录音磁带 | cassette tape | |
| 音乐盒 | music box | |
| 八音盒 | music box | |
| 接线盒 | junction box (elec.) | |
| 机顶盒 | set-top box | |
| 骨灰盒 | box for bone ashes; funerary casket | |
| 盒子 | box; case; hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines | |
| 保险盒 | fuse box | |
| 开盒 | (slang) to dox | |
| 领盒饭 | (coll.) (of an actor with a bit part) to receive a boxed meal when one's job is done (phra… | |
| 检毒盒 | detection kit | |
| 盒中袋 | bag-in-box (packaging) | |
| 黑盒 | black box; fig. system whose internal structure is unknown | |
| 鼻烟盒 | snuffbox | |
| 噪音盒 | boombox; ghetto blaster | |
| 沙盒 | (computing) sandbox | |
| 潘多拉魔盒 | a Pandora's box | |
| 盒带 | cassette tape (abbr. for 盒式錄音磁帶|盒式录音磁带[he2 shi4 lu4 yin1 ci2 dai4]); CL:盤|盘[pan2] | |
| 提盒 | box with tiered compartments and a handle; lunch box | |
| 印盒 | seal case; box for seal and ink pad |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 合 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 合 sound part | to combine, to join, to unite; to gather | |
| 哈 | the sound of laughter | |
| 拿 | to bring, to grasp, to hold, to take | |
| 给 | to give, to lend; for, by | |
| 鸽 | pigeon, dove; Columba species (various) | |
| 恰 | just, exactly, precisely; proper | |
| 蛤 | clam | |
| 颌 | mouth; jaw | |
| 龛 | niche, shrine | |
| 峇 | cave, cavern | |
| 袷 | lined garment | |
| 荅 | to answer; small bean; thick, heavy | |
| 饸 | buckwheat or sorghum noodles | |
| 耠 | to dig, to till | |
| 铪 | hafnium |