柜 (guì) — cabinet; cupboard; chest (furniture) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

bound form

cabinetcupboardchest (furniture)

Examples

柜。
Zhè jiàn wài tào zài guì lǐ guà zhe.
This coat is hanging in the cabinet.
。
Shū guì lǐ fàng mǎn le gè zhǒng cān kǎo shū.
The bookshelf is filled with all kinds of reference books.
。
Qǐng bǎ wén jiàn fàng zài wén jiàn guì lǐ.
Please put the documents in the filing cabinet.

Origin

Sound + meaning

六书liùshū

形声xíngshēng

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

木巨柜

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

巨

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

柜 combines 木 (tree) with 巨, which gives the sound.

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