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箱

xiāng

HSK 3 Character

What 箱 means

1. box
2. trunk
3. chest

Example sentences

• 箱子残破。
  Xiāngzi cánpò.
  The box is broken.
• 打开箱子。
  Open the box.
• 冰箱脏了。
  The refrigerator is dirty.
• 冰箱空了。
  The fridge is empty.
• 冰箱开着。
  The refrigerator is open.
• 我要箱子。
  I want a box.

Words starting with 箱

• 箱子xiāng zisuitcase; chest; box
• 箱包xiāng bāoluggage and bags
• 箱庭xiāng tíng(Japanese-style) sandbox (video gaming); sandplay (therapy)
• 箱根Xiāng gēnHakone, city on the east coast of Japan southwest of Tokyo
• 箱鼓xiāng gǔcajón (musical instrument)
• 箱型车xiāng xíng chēvan (Tw); also written 厢型车
• 箱梁xiāng liángbox girder (construction)
• 箱箧xiāng qièbox; chest

Words containing 箱

• 冰箱bīng xiāngrefrigerator; (old) icebox
• 行李箱xíng li xiāngsuitcase; baggage compartment; overhead bin
• 信箱xìn xiāngmailbox; post office box
• 邮箱yóu xiāngmailbox; post office box; email
• 音箱yīn xiāngloudspeaker box; speaker (audio equipment); resonating chamber of a musical instrument
• 纸箱zhǐ xiāngcarton; cardboard box
• 集装箱jí zhuāng xiāngcontainer (for shipping)
• 皮箱pí xiāngleather suitcase
• 垃圾箱lā jī xiāngrubbish can; garbage can; trash can
• 工具箱gōng jù xiāngtoolbox
• 保险箱bǎo xiǎn xiāngsafe deposit box; safe
• 水箱shuǐ xiāngwater tank; radiator (automobile); cistern
• 油箱yóu xiāngfuel tank
• 翻箱倒柜fān xiāng dǎo guìto overturn trunks and boxes; to make a thorough search (idiom)
• 电冰箱diàn bīng xiāngrefrigerator
• 烤箱kǎo xiāngoven
• 后备箱hòu bèi xiāngtrunk; boot (of a car)
• 变速箱biàn sù xiānggearbox; transmission
• 手提箱shǒu tí xiāngsuitcase
• 风箱fēng xiāngbellows
• 开箱kāi xiāngunboxing; to unbox
• 提箱tí xiānga suitcase; a traveling-bag
• 百宝箱bǎi bǎo xiāngtreasure chest
• 暗箱àn xiāngcamera bellows; camera obscura

Characters built on 相

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

• 想xiǎngto think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that)
• 厢xiāngbox (in theater); side room; side
• 湘Xiāngabbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China…
• 葙xiāngsee 青葙, feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea)
• 缃xiānglight yellow color

Characters that look like 箱

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

• 篷péngsail
• 蔡Càisurname Cai
• 箔bóplaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc); silkworm basket; metal foil
• 箍gūhoop; to bind with hoops
• 蒟jǔbetel
• 箝qiánpliers; pincers; to clamp

Sounds the same

Read xiāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 相each other; one another; mutually
• 香fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic
• 乡country or countryside; native place; home village or town
• 厢box (in theater); side room; side
• 镶to inlay; to embed; ridge
• 襄(literary) to assist
• 缃light yellow color
• 芗aromatic herb used for seasoning; variant of 香
• 骧(literary) to run friskily (of a horse); to raise; to hold high
• 忀to stroll; to ramble
• 欀inner lining of wooden utensils; component beam used in building construction…
• 𬙋cord to hold up sleeves