橱 (chú): wardrobe, closet, cabinet
橱 (chú) is a Chinese character meaning “wardrobe.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (structural) and 厨 (structural). It ranks #2769 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 橱 a wooden 木 cabinet 厨; 厨 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- wardrobe
- closet
- cabinet
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA wooden 木 cabinet 厨; 厨 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰木厨 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 衣橱 | yī chú | wardrobe |
| 壁橱 | bì chú | a built-in wardrobe or cupboard |
| 橱窗 | chú chuāng | display window |
| 橱柜 | chú guì | cupboard |
| 书橱 | shū chú | bookcase |
| 小型柜橱 | xiǎo xíng guì chú | cabinet |
| 橱子 | chú zi | wardrobe |
橱 appears in 7 compound words: 43 as the first character, 57 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 橱 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
工人们正在砍伐病橱，防止虫害蔓延。
gōng rén men zhēng zài kǎn fá bìng chú , fáng zhǐ chóng hài mán yán .
Workers are cutting down diseased trees to prevent the spread of pests.
...衣物护理机圈粉了,LG终究还是成了我的衣橱管家~#衣物护理黑科技 #LG衣物护理机...
. . . yī wù hù lǐ jī juān fěn le , L G zhōng jiū hái shì chéng le wǒ de yī chú guǎn jiā yī wù hù lǐ hēi kē jì L G yī wù hù lǐ jī . . .
...The clothing care machine has won me over—LG has truly become my wardrobe manager~ #Cutting-EdgeClothingCare #LGClothingCareMachine...
...永续 DIESEL 2026秋冬的叛逆衣橱呈现派对后凌乱美学
. . . yǒng xù D I E S E L 2 0 2 6 qiū dōng de pàn nì yī chú chéng xiàn pài duì hòu líng luàn měi xué
... The perpetual DIESEL Fall/Winter 2026 rebellious wardrobe presents a post-party messy aesthetic
打开左边的橱，瓶子在那儿。
Dǎkāi zuǒbian de chú, píngzi zàinar.
Open the cupboard to the left, the bottles are in there.
这房间有两个衣橱。
Zhè fángjiān yǒu liǎng gè yīchú.
This room has two closets for clothing.
Character Family
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