盒 (hé): small box, case
盒 (hé) is a Chinese character meaning “small box.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 合 (phonetic) and 皿 (semantic). It ranks #2034 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 盒 container. Its radical form 皿 (dish) appears in many related characters such as 益 (yì, benefit), 盐 (yán, salt), 盖 (gài, lid).
Definitions
- small box
- case
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 盒
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 饭盒 | fàn hé | lunchbox |
| 骨灰盒 | gǔ huī hé | box for bone ashes |
| 纸盒 | zhǐ hé | paperboard box |
| 铅笔盒 | qiān bǐ hé | pencil case |
| 盒带 | hé dài | cassette tape (abbr. for 盒式錄音磁帶|盒式录音磁带[he2 shi4 lu4 yin1 ci2 dai4]) |
| 墨盒 | mò hé | ink cartridge |
| 八音盒 | bā yīn hé | music box |
| 粉盒 | fěn hé | (cosmetics) powder box |
| 暗盒 | àn hé | magazine |
| 鼻烟盒 | bí yān hé | snuffbox |
| 接线盒 | jiē xiàn hé | junction box (elec.) |
| 保险盒 | bǎo xiǎn hé | fuse box |
| 盒式录音磁带 | hé shì lù yīn cí dài | cassette tape |
| 开盒 | kāi hé | (slang) to dox |
| 音乐盒 | yīn yuè hé | music box |
盒 appears in 34 compound words: 15 as the first character, 79 as the last, and 6 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 盒 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
盒字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
hé zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The character "盒" has different usages in different contexts.
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以为黄金!贼闯宅偷宝盒 他:是我肾结石
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我把盒子扛在肩上。
Wǒ bǎ hézi gāng zài jiān shàng.
I carried the box on my shoulder.
你为什么打开这个盒子？
Nǐ wèishénme dǎkāi zhège hézi?
Why did you open the box?
我的巧克力盒在哪里？
Wǒ de qiǎokèlì hé zài nǎlǐ?
Where's my box of chocolates?
主机板的包装盒在哪里？
Zhǔjībǎn de bāozhuāng hé zài nǎlǐ?
Where's the box the motherboard came in?
Character Family
Frequently Asked Questions
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