Chinese Character 箧 Meanings and components.

Form

箧

Meaning

箧 meaning[3] in English

Chest.

Box.

Trunk.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 箧 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are bamboo (竹) , 'right open box' … (匚) , and to press from … (夹)

Its radical[1] is: 竹 (zhu2) which means: Bamboo, Cl:棵[Ke1],支[Zhi1],根[Gen1], Kangxi Radical 118, .竹zhu2bamboo

In cangjie it is written with HSKT

How to write 箧

To write箧qie4chest you should write a combination of 竹zhu2bamboo , 匚fang1'right open … 夹jia1to press … arranged in a 吕 shape:

竹 + 匚 + 夹 = 箧

箧 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 箧 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 箧, looks as follow:

箧
Pinyin:qie4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Chest . Box . Trunk . Suitcase . Portfolio
竹
Pinyin:zhu2
Meaning[3]: Bamboo . Cl:棵[Ke1],支[Zhi1],根[Gen1] . Kangxi Radical 118
亇
Pinyin:ma5 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 個|个[Ge4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
*
Pinyin:*
亅
Pinyin:jue2
Meaning[3]: 'Vertical Stroke With Hook' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 6) . See Also 豎鉤|竖钩[Shu4 Gou1]
匚
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc
夹
Pinyin:jia1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Press From Either Side . To Place In Between . To Sandwich . To Carry Sth Under Armpit . Wedged Between . Between . To Intersperse . To Mix . To Mingle . Clip . Folder . Taiwan Pr. [Jia2]
夫
Pinyin:fu1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Husband . Man . Manual Worker . Conscripted Laborer (Old)
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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