箱
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box; trunk; chest
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 竹 +9
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 箱
- Common rank
- #1,012
- Unicode
- U+7BB1
Sound it out + + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
box · Heisig RSH #788
竹 bamboo + 相 one another
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 箱
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电子信箱 | e-mail inbox | |
| 自动装箱 | autoboxing (computing) | |
| 语音信箱 | voice mailbox; voicemail | |
| 黑箱子 | black box (aviation), (systems theory) | |
| 水族箱 | aquarium; fish tank | |
| 车后箱 | car boot, trunk | |
| 意见箱 | suggestion box | |
| 保管箱 | safe deposit box; safe | |
| 手提箱 | suitcase | |
| 电冰箱 | refrigerator; CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 行李箱 | suitcase; baggage compartment; overhead bin; (car) trunk; boot | |
| 箱子 | suitcase; chest; box; case; trunk; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4] | |
| 集油箱 | oil sump | |
| 水箱 | water tank; radiator (automobile); cistern; lavabo | |
| 机箱 | computer case | |
| 集装箱船 | container ship | |
| 箱型车 | van (Tw); also written 廂型車|厢型车[xiang1 xing2 che1] | |
| 电箱 | circuit box | |
| 板条箱 | crate | |
| 条板箱 | crate |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 相 — compare how they read.