BOX    箱

CLOSED HARD CONTAINER.
CASECRATECHESTCOFFERCASKETCONTAINERRECEPTACLE
Old Chinese Criteria
1. Qiè 篋 refers generally to a box in pre-Han literature, and specifically to an oval bamboo basket with cover, used for saving precious things, but also books or cloth. 2. Guì 匱 refers to a cabinet-like box with doors. 3. Dú 櫝 refers to a small box with small doors. 4. Xiá 匣／柙 refers to a small box for objects like maps. 5. The most general current word for a box became xiāng 箱, but this word became current only in Han times. 6. Hán 函 refers to a container box large enough to contain a skull.
Modern Chinese Criteria
盒子 匣子 盒 匣 匭 函 櫝 箱 箱子 箱籠 篋 書箱 笈 書簏 信箱 郵箱 竹箱 簏 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • BASKET　BOX PRODUCED USING SMALL TIMBER, TYPICALLY HAVING OPEN TOP. (anc: 7/0, child: 2)
  • CAGE　BOX to REAR BIRDS OR ANIMALS IN, TYPICALLY MADE OF TIMBER, BAMBOO, OR METAL. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • COFFIN　TIMBER BOX USED FOR BURYING. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • QUIVER　A BOX USED FOR PUTTING ARROW in it, AND FOR CARRYING ARROWS. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • BOWCASE　BOX FOR BOWS. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • CARRIAGE BOX　The VEHICLE PART which serves as container for what is being transported in vehicles, and its constituent parts. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • SHEATH　LONG BOX USED FOR CONCEALING the BLADE of a SWORD. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
  • LUGGAGE　BOXES USED FOR TRANSPORTING SMALL THINGS WHILE one TRAVELS. (anc: 7/0, child: 0)
Hypernym
  • CONTAINER　ARTEFACT PRODUCED TO CONTAIN THINGS. (anc: 5/0, child: 3)
  • ARTEFACT　THING PRODUCED by MAN. (anc: 4/0, child: 26)
  • THING　CONCRETE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 10)
  • 跟我學同義詞 ( CAI SHAOWEI 2010) p. 37

  • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no.288

  • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 151/2

    • Words (13 items)

    篋  qiè OC: kheeb MC: khep 17 Attributions

    Qiè 篋 oval bamboo basket with cover, used for saving precious things, but also books or cloth.

    • () p. 342 {86-2}

      Syntactic words
    • nZZ: small box made of bamboo; YTL: small box (e.g.for valuables, or for books)
    • ncpost-V{NUM}.post-Nclassifierbox of N
    • vtoNput in a box
    匣  xiá OC: ɡraab MC: ɦɣap
    柙  xiá OC: ɡraab MC: ɦɣap 5 Attributions

    Xiá 匣／柙 refers to a small box for objects like maps.

      Syntactic words
    • nSJ: small box (to put a map into)
    • vtoNput in a boxCH
    匱  guì OC: ɡruds MC: gi 5 Attributions

    Guì 匱 refers to a cabinet-like box with doors.

      Word relations
    • Object: 啟/OPEN The most common general word for opening things is qǐ 啟 (ant. bì 閉 "close") which can refer to all sorts of opening up of all manner of things.

      Syntactic words
    • nlarge wooden box with doors, a mini cupboard
    • ncpost-V{NUM}.post-Nclassifierbox-full
    櫝  dú OC: ɡ-looɡ MC: duk 5 Attributions

    Dú 櫝 refers to a small box with small doors.

      Syntactic words
    • nsmall wooden box, smaller than guì 匱.
    函  hán OC: ɡuum MC: ɦəm 4 Attributions

    Hán 函 refers to a container box large enough to contain a skull.

      Syntactic words
    • nbox
    • nadVinstrumentusing a box; in a box
    篋衍  qiè yǎn MC: khep yenX OC: kheeb k-lanʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPbamboo casketCH
    篋匱  qiè guì OC: kheeb ɡruds MC: khep gi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialboxes and coffers
    奩  lián OC: ɡ-rom MC: liɛm 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nbox with many layers/drawers used from Han times onwards, typically used to carry sacrificial offerings or women's ornaments
    匣匱  xiá guì OC: ɡraab ɡruds MC: ɦɣap gi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPboxes of any kind
    祏  shí OC: djaɡ MC: dʑiɛk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nstone container for/with the spirit tablet used in ancestral worship
    簏  lù OC: b-rooɡ MC: luk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nbox; basket; hamper
    笈  jí OC: ɡrɯb MC: gip 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nFENGSUTONGYI: light bamboo box with lid that can be carried on the back, especially made for transportation of books
    箱  xiāng OC: sqaŋ MC: si̯ɐŋ 0 Attributions

    The most general current word for a box is xiāng 箱, but this word became current only in Han times.

      Syntactic words
    • nKONGQUEDONGNANFEI: trunk made of bamboo, large box