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
盒子
hézi
box
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 盒子在桌上。 Hézi zài zhuō shàng. The box is on the table.
- 打开盒子。 Dǎkāi hézi. Open the box.
- 这个盒子很轻。 Zhège hézi hěn qīng. This box is very light.