捐款箱 (juān kuǎn xiāng) — donation box; collection box

Definition

noun
donation boxcollection box
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 捐款箱。
    Tā bǎ yì bǎi kuài qián fàng jìn le juān kuǎn xiāng.
    He put a hundred yuan into the donation box.
  • 捐款箱。
    Chāo shì mén kǒu fàng zhe yí gè hóng sè de juān kuǎn xiāng.
    There is a red donation box at the supermarket entrance.
  • 捐款箱。
    Zhè cì mù juān huó dòng yí gòng yòng le wǔ gè juān kuǎn xiāng.
    This fundraising campaign used five donation boxes in total.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

捐款donation
捐juāngive款kuǎnfunds
动宾Verb + object
箱xiāngbox

“捐” means give and “款” means funds; “箱” is a box for holding donations.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
肙
肙yuān捐juān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left side 扌, from 手, shows a hand doing something. The right side 肙 gives the sound yuān.

Open 捐 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
欠欠qiànlacking, desire
Sound part声符shēngfú
柰
柰nài款kuǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

款 pairs 柰, a sound hint, with 欠, a part about lacking or desire.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
𥫗Written in full as竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
相
相xiāng箱xiāng
Same sound today

箱 combines 竹, showing bamboo, with 相 as a sound part, to write a bamboo box or case.

Open 箱 →

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