Chinese Character 箱 Meanings and components.

Form

箱

Meaning

箱 meaning[3] in English

Box.

Trunk.

Chest.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 箱 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are bamboo (竹) , and surname Xiang (相)

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 HDBU

How to write 箱

To write箱xiang1box you should write a combination of 竹zhu2bamboo , 相xiang1surname Xiang arranged in a 吕 shape:

竹 + 相 = 箱

箱 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

箱
Pinyin:xiang1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Box . Trunk . Chest
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]
相
Pinyin:xiang1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Xiang
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title

Notes

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 箱in English or Chinese