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匣

xiá

Character

What 匣 means

1. box

Words starting with 匣

• 匣子xiá zismall box
• 匣枪xiá qiāngMauser pistol (C96 type)

Words containing 匣

• 话匣子huà xiá ziphonograph or radio (old term); chatterbox; talkative person
• 墨匣mò xiáink cartridge
• 弹匣dàn xiámagazine (for ammunition)
• 收件匣shōu jiàn xiáinbox (email)
• 黑匣子hēi xiá zi(airplane) black box
• 打开话匣子dǎ kāi huà xiá zito start talking

Characters built on 甲

These share the phonetic component 甲 (jiǎ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 钾jiǎpotassium (chemistry)
• 岬jiǎcape (geography); headland
• 胛jiǎshoulder blade
• 狎xiá(bound form; literary) to take liberties with sb or sth; to treat frivolously
• 柙xiácage; pen; scabbard

Characters that look like 匣

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 罗luógauze; to collect; to gather
• 虎hǔtiger
• 臣chénstate official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant…
• 匠jiàngcraftsman
• 芽yábud; sprout
• 茔yíng(literary) a grave

Sounds the same

Read xiá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 辖linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle); (bound form) to govern…
• 峡gorge
• 狭narrow; narrow-minded
• 侠knight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero
• 霞rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset
• 瑕blemish; flaw in jade
• 暇leisure
• 遐distant; long-lasting; to abandon
• 黠(phonetic); crafty
• 狎(bound form; literary) to take liberties with sb or sth; to treat frivolously
• 硖place name
• 舺boat; Taiwan pr. jiǎ