药箱 (yào xiāng) — medical kit, medicine chest

Definition

noun

medical kitmedicine chest

Measure word · 个

药箱。
Qǐng bǎ yào xiāng fàng zài chú fáng lǐ.
Please put the medicine chest in the kitchen.
药箱。
Zhè ge yào xiāng lǐ yǒu yì xiē cháng yòng de yào.
There are some commonly used medicines in this medical kit.
药箱。
Chū mén lǚ xíng de shí hou bié wàng le dài shàng yào xiāng.
Don't forget to bring the medical kit when traveling.

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.

药yàomedicine

药 names what is kept inside, and 箱 is a box.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 藥; 药 is its simplified writing.

艹樂藥

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎograss

Sound part声符shēngfú

樂

樂lè藥yào

Same sound today

In the traditional form 藥, 艹 shows grass and 樂 gives the sound; this story is about 藥, not about the simplified 药.

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

𥫗相箱

Meaning part形符xíngfú

𥫗Written in full as竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

相

Same sound today

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

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