BOX  箱

CLOSED HARD CONTAINER.
CASECRATECHESTCOFFERCASKETCONTAINERRECEPTACLE
Hypernym
  • CONTAINERARTEFACT PRODUCED TO CONTAIN THINGS.
    • ARTEFACTTHING PRODUCED by MAN.
      • THINGCONCRETE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Hyponym
  • BASKET　BOX PRODUCED USING SMALL TIMBER, TYPICALLY HAVING OPEN TOP.
  • CAGE　BOX to REAR BIRDS OR ANIMALS IN, TYPICALLY MADE OF TIMBER, BAMBOO, OR METAL.
    • COFFIN　TIMBER BOX USED FOR BURYING.
      • QUIVER　A BOX USED FOR PUTTING ARROW in it, AND FOR CARRYING ARROWS.
        • BOWCASE　BOX FOR BOWS.
          • CARRIAGE BOX　The VEHICLE PART which serves as container for what is being transported in vehicles, and its constituent parts.
            • SHEATH　LONG BOX USED FOR CONCEALING the BLADE of a SWORD.
              • LUGGAGE　BOXES USED FOR TRANSPORTING SMALL THINGS WHILE one TRAVELS.
                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 ／

                • 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

                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
                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
                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
                匣匱  xiá guì OC: ɡraab ɡruds MC: ɦɣap gi 1 Attribution
                  Syntactic words
                • NPboxes of any kind
                篋匱  qiè guì OC: kheeb ɡruds MC: khep gi 1 Attribution
                  Syntactic words
                • NPnonreferentialboxes and coffers
                篋衍  qiè yǎn MC: khep yenX OC: kheeb k-lanʔCH 1 Attribution
                  Syntactic words
                • NPbamboo casketCH
                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

                Existing SW for

                Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: