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箧

qiè

Character Traditional 篋

What 箧 means

1. chest
2. box
3. trunk
4. suitcase
5. portfolio

Words starting with 箧

• 箧笥qiè sìbamboo box for holding books, clothes etc
• 箧箧qiè qièlong and thin; slender
• 箧衍qiè yǎnbamboo box

Words containing 箧

• 书箧shū qièbookcase
• 筐箧kuāng qièrectangular box or chest
• 箱箧xiāng qièbox; chest
• 藤箧téng qièwicker suitcase
• 行箧xíng qiètraveling suitcase
• 鼓箧gǔ qièbeginning-school ceremony (old usage); classical learning
• 倾箱倒箧qīng xiāng dào qiè(idiom) to exhaust all one has; to leave no stone unturned; to try one's best
• 盈箱累箧yíng xiāng lěi qièto fill boxes and baskets to the brim (with treasures)
• 筐箧中物kuāng qiè zhōng wùa commonplace thing
• 翻箱倒箧fān xiāng dǎo qièto overturn trunks and boxes; to make a thorough search (idiom)
• 胠箧qū qièto steal; to pilfer

Characters built on 夹

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

• 惬qiè(literary) satisfied; content
• 挟xié(bound form) to clasp under the arm; (bound form) to coerce…

Sounds the same

Read qiè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 切definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!…
• 窃to steal; secretly; (humble) I
• 怯timid; cowardly; rustic
• 锲to cut; to carve; to engrave
• 妾concubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
• 砌used in 砌末
• 惬(literary) satisfied; content
• 挈to raise; to lift; to take along (e.g. one's family)
• 帹man's headband (arch.)
• 朅to leave; to abandon
• 踥to walk with small steps
• 趄to slant; to incline