工具箱 (gōng jù xiāng) — toolbox | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

toolbox

Measure word · 个

工具箱工具箱。
Wǒ mǎi le yì gōng jù xiāng xīn de gōng jù xiāng.
I bought a new toolbox.
工具箱。
Qǐng bǎ gōng jù xiāng ná dào chē jiān qù.
Please bring the toolbox to the workshop.
工具箱。
Tā de gōng jù xiāng lǐ zhuāng mǎn le gè zhǒng gōng jù.
His toolbox is full of various tools.

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.

工具tool

偏正Modifier + head

工 work, 具 implement, and 箱 box combine into a box for tools.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 工 is a picture of a bladed tool used to plow ground or mark a border; some read it as a carpenter's square.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

具 pairs 廾 (two hands) with 鼎 (a cauldron), showing hands working with a cauldron to prepare food.

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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