xiāng

box

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
⺮ meaning component

  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of .

相 sound component

  Sound component

xiāngxiàng

  

mutual

Evolution

箱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
箱 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
箱 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xiāng

case, box, chest, trunk; box; trunk; chest

Most common words with 箱
Freq.
Word
Meaning

box

箱子

suitcase

冰箱

icebox

保险箱

a safe

邮箱

mailbox