盒 hé
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 皿 — dish, vessel
- Made of
- 合 to combine, to join, to unite 皿 dish, vessel
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
盒饭
héfàn
boxed meal
Characters in this word
饭 fàn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 饣 — food
- Made of
- 饣 food 反 reverse, opposite
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我买盒饭。 Wǒ mǎi hé fàn. I buy a boxed meal.
- 盒饭很热。 Hé fàn hěn rè. The boxed meal is hot.
- 午饭吃盒饭。 Wǔ fàn chī hé fàn. I eat a boxed meal for lunch.