信箱
xìnxiāng
mailbox
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 信箱在门口。 Xìnxiāng zài ménkǒu. The mailbox is by the door.
- 看看信箱吧。 Kànkan xìnxiāng ba. Check the mailbox.
- 信箱里有信。 Xìnxiāng lǐ yǒu xìn. There is a letter in the mailbox.
Related words
- 短信 duǎnxìn text message
- 相信 xiāngxìn to believe; to trust
- 信 xìn letter
- 信号 xìnhào signal
- 信息 xìnxī information; message
- 信心 xìnxīn confidence
- 信用卡 xìnyòngkǎ credit card
- 通信 tōngxìn communication; to correspond
- 信 xìn to believe; to trust
- 信封 xìnfēng envelope
- 信任 xìnrèn to trust
- 诚信 chéngxìn honesty; trustworthiness