木箱 (mù xiāng) — wooden box; trunk | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

wooden boxtrunk

Measure word · 个

Examples

木箱。
Zhè ge mù xiāng hěn zhòng.
This wooden box is very heavy.
木箱。
Tā bǎ jiù shū fàng zài mù xiāng lǐ.
He put the old books in the wooden box.
木箱。
Yé ye yòng mù xiāng zhuāng gōng jù.
Grandpa uses a wooden box to hold tools.

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.

木 gives the material and 箱 gives the container, so it is a box made of wood.

Characters in this word

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

木 is drawn as a tree, with branches above and roots below.

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

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.

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