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盒 hé small box or case

How to remember 盒: 合 join together + 皿 dish = small box or case. Grandma helps the kids join together the pieces of her broken dish and keeps them safe in a small box or case.

  • 2,067. most frequent character
  • HSK 4
  • 11 strokes
  • Radical 皿

Component breakdown

盒 = 合 join together + 皿 dish

  • 合 join together
    • 亼 combine
    • 口 mouth
  • 皿 dish
The Gushi story

Grandma helps the kids join together the pieces of her broken dish and keeps them safe in a small box or case.

How it is used

  • A small box or case with a lid - 盒子 (hézi) box, 一盒巧克力 (yì hé qiǎokèlì) a box of chocolates.
  • 盒饭 (héfàn) = a boxed meal / bento.
  • Also works as a measure word: 一盒饼干 (yì hé bǐnggān) a box of biscuits - for smaller lidded containers, versus 箱 (xiāng) for big cartons.

Words with 盒

Example sentences

  • 他很珍惜这个盒子。 Tā hěn zhēnxī zhèige hézi.He treasures this box very much.