箱 xiāng
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 相 mutual, reciprocal
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
箱子
xiāngzi
box; suitcase
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 箱子很重。 Xiāngzi hěn zhòng. The box is very heavy.
- 我搬箱子。 Wǒ bān xiāngzi. I move the box.
- 箱子在床下。 Xiāngzi zài chuáng xià. The box is under the bed.