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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hé | he2
English translation
small box
case
small box or case; casket

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

mǐn

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

合皿

Semantic compound

mǐn

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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fèi xiè 放在盒子 hézi .

Put the sweeps in the box.

zhì tián gāo 放在塑胶 sù jiāo gěi 我们 wǒmen de 知道 zhīdào shì shuí ?

Who do you think made those doughnuts and brought auntie's belongings?

Tán 使 shǐ 音乐 yīnyuè 沉默 chénmò mèng Guān zài 盒子 hézi de 现实 xiànshí .

Not about realities that kept the music silent, the dreams in a box.

保险丝 bǎo xiǎn sī 盒里接错 le 线 xiàn .

There is a faulty connection in the fusebox.

dāng 大气 dà qì 压力 yālì 增加 zēngjiā shí , 膜盒压紧 yā jǐn ér 缩短 suōduǎn .

When pressure is increased, the ancroid is squeezed , so It'shortens.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
case
盒子 hézi box盒子 hézi
盒饭 hé fàn meal in a partitioned box盒飯
机顶盒 jī dǐng hé set-top box機頂盒
饭盒 fàn hé lunchbox飯盒
骨灰盒 gǔ huī hé box for bone ashes骨灰盒 gǔ huī hé
墨盒 mò hé ink cartridge墨盒 mò hé
盒带 hé dài cassette tape盒帶
铅笔盒 qiān bǐ hé pencil case鉛筆盒
暗盒 àn hé magazine暗盒 àn hé
八音盒 bā yīn hé musical box八音盒 bā yīn hé
鼻烟盒 bí yān hé snuffbox鼻煙盒

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Decomposition

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