厢 xiāng side-room
side-room; wing
How to remember 厢: 厂 factory + 相 mutual = side-room. At the hotel in the old factory the two feuding cousins make a mutual peace over dinner in the quiet side-room.
Component breakdown
厢 = 厂 factory + 相 mutual
- 厂 factory
- 相 mutual
- 木 tree
- 目 eye
At the hotel in the old factory the two feuding cousins make a mutual peace over dinner in the quiet side-room.
How it is used
- Bound character surviving mainly in 车厢 chēxiāng "(train/bus) carriage, compartment" - the standard word when talking about which carriage you're in on a train.
- 包厢 bāoxiāng "private box/room" (at a theater, KTV) is the other compound worth knowing.
- Rarely used outside these two fixed words.