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箧

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qiè
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 a small box; a chest; a case (for books, clothes, valuables)

Examples

HSK 7-9
他负箧曳屣，踏雪而行。
Tā fù qiè yè xǐ, tà xuě ér xíng.
He carried a book chest on his back and trudged through the snow.
HSK 7-9
家中一箧装着一叠旧信。
Jiāzhōng yì qiè zhuāng zhe yì dié jiù xìn.
A small chest at home held a stack of old letters.

Tips

usage
箧 is a literary word for a small box or book chest, common in 书箧 ('book case') and 倾箱倒箧 ('to empty out every box', i.e. to give all one has). Everyday speech uses 箱子.

Components

radical
⺮ zhú
bamboo
⺮ is the bamboo radical on top. Small chests and cases were woven from bamboo strips, so the meaning sits under 'bamboo'.
phonetic
夹 jiā
to press between; to clip
夹 gives the sound, shifted from jiā to qiè. Its sense 'to hold between' faintly fits a box that holds things inside it.

Stroke Order

箧 qiè