盒

See also: 匣

盒 U+76D2, 盒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76D2 ← 监 [U+76D1] CJK Unified Ideographs 盓 → [U+76D3]

Translingual

Han character

盒 (Kangxi radical 108, 皿+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人口月廿 (ORBT), four-corner 8010₇, composition ⿱合皿)

Derived characters

• 𪤒 𢠏 𨢴 𨫸 𡦸 𥲥 𥂨 𭲃 𫣽

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 794, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22988
• Dae Jaweon: page 1209, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2563, character 3
• Unihan data for U+76D2

Chinese

simp. and trad.		盒
2nd round simp.		合

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (合) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
龕	*kʰuːm
媕	*quːm, *qromʔ, *qɯːm, *qramʔ, *qɯːb
頜	*ɡuːmʔ, *kuːb
答	*tkuːb
畣	*tkuːb
荅	*tkuːb
嗒	*tuːb, *tʰoːb
褡	*tuːb, *toːb
撘	*tuːb
搭	*tuːb, *tʰoːb
榙	*tkuːb, *ɡuːb
佮	*tkʰuːb, *kuːb, *quːb, *quːb
蛤	*kuːb
鴿	*kuːb
合	*kuːb, *ɡuːb
郃	*kuːb, *ɡuːb
匌	*kuːb, *kʰuːb
鉿	*kuːb
閤	*kuːb
鞈	*kuːb, *kruːb
韐	*kuːb, *kruːb
鮯	*kuːb
哈	*ŋɡuːb
姶	*quːb, *quːb
欱	*qʰuːb, *qʰruːb
盒	*ɡuːb
耠	*ɡuːb
詥	*ɡuːb
塔	*tʰuːb
鞳	*tʰoːb
劄	*rtuːb
跲	*kruːb, *kob, *ɡob
袷	*kruːb, *ŋkob
餄	*kruːb
恰	*kʰruːb
帢	*kʰruːb
洽	*ɡruːb
祫	*ɡruːb
珨	*ɡruːb
烚	*ɡruːb
歙	*qʰjob, *qʰrub
湁	*tkʰub
拾	*ɡjub
給	*krub
翕	*qʰrub
噏	*qʰrub
潝	*qʰrub
熻	*qʰrub
嬆	*qʰrub
翖	*qʰrub
闟	*qʰrub

Etymology

From 合 (OC *ɡuːb, “to be together; to close”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): hé (he²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ho²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hap⁶ / hap^6-2 / haap⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hap⁴ / hap^4*

• Gan (Wiktionary): hot⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ha̍p

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hab⁶

• Jin (Wiktionary): hah⁵
• Northern Min (KCR): hō̤
• Eastern Min (BUC): ăk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ha̍p / a̍h / a̍p

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ab⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸ghaq; ⁸gheq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ho⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hé
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hé
    • Wade–Giles: ho²
    • Yale: hé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
    • Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (盒兒／盒儿)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hér
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hér
    • Wade–Giles: ho²-ʼrh
    • Yale: hér
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her'l
    • Palladius: хэр (xɛr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤɻ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ho²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xo²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hap⁶ / hap^6-2 / haap⁶
    • Yale: hahp / háp / haahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁹ / hap^9-2 / haap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb⁶ / heb^6-2 / hab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚²/, /hɐp̚²⁻³⁵/, /haːp̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hap⁴ / hap^4*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hap̚²¹/, /hap̚²¹⁻²¹⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: hot⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ha̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: hab
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /hap̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /hap̚⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: hah⁵
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xaʔ⁵⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hō̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɔ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ăk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p
    • Tâi-lô: ha̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hap
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hap̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hap̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a̍h
    • Tâi-lô: a̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ah
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /aʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /aʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /aʔ¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a̍p
    • Tâi-lô: a̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ap
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ap̚¹²¹/

Note:

• ha̍p - literary;
• a̍h/a̍p - vernacular (“case; classifier for cases”).

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ab⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a̍p
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ap̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸ghaq; ⁸gheq
    • MiniDict: ghah^入; gheh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhaq; ⁵hheq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦaʔ¹²/, /ɦəʔ¹²/

Note: 5hhaq - 訓讀 for 匣.

• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ho⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xo²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: hop

Rime
Character	盒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	合 (160)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	侯閤切
Baxter	hop
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʌp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦəp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɒp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəp̚/
Li Rong	/ɣᴀp̚/
Wang Li	/ɣɒp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣăp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hé
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hap6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuːb/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	盒
Reading #	1/1
No.	4971
Phonetic component	合
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	合
Old Chinese	/*ɡuːb/

Definitions

盒

1. box; case (generally small, with a lid) (Classifier: 個／个 c)

   用個盒裝住啲錢 [Cantonese, trad.]
   用个盒装住啲钱 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jung⁶ go³ hap^6-2 zong¹ zyu⁶ di¹ cin⁴ [Jyutping]

   hold the money in a box

2. Classifier for boxes or cases.

   一盒朱古力 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ hap⁶ zyu¹ gu^2-1 lik^6-1 [Jyutping]  ―  a box of chocolates

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 盒子 (“box; case (with lid, generally smaller)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		盒子
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	盒子
	Singapore	盒子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	盒子
	Xining	盒兒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	盒盒子, 盒盒兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	盒兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	盒盒兒, 盒盒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	盒
	Hong Kong	盒
	Dongguan	盒
	Singapore (Guangfu)	盒
Gan	Nanchang	盒子
Hakka	Meixian	盒仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	盒仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	盒仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	盒仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	盒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	盒仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	盒
Huizhou	Jixi	盒
Jin	Taiyuan	盒子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	盒盒
Southern Min	Xiamen	盒仔, 盒, 篋仔
	Quanzhou	盒仔, 盒, 篋仔
	Zhangzhou	盒仔, 盒, 篋仔
	Tainan	盒仔, 篋仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	盒, 箱
	Singapore (Hokkien)	盒
	Manila (Hokkien)	盒仔
	Medan (Hokkien)	盒
	Singapore (Teochew)	盒
	Leizhou	盒
	Haikou	盒
	Singapore (Hainanese)	盒
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	盒
Wu	Shanghai	盒子
	Danyang	盒盒
	Wenzhou	盒兒
	Jinhua	盒兒
Xiang	Loudi	盒

See also

• 箱 (xiāng): (large) box

Compounds

• 亮盒子搖／亮盒子摇
• 保鮮盒／保鲜盒
• 八音盒 (bāyīnhé)
• 提盒
• 攢盒／攒盒 (cuánhé)
• 木盒
• 果盒
• 痰盒 (tánhé)
• 百寶盒／百宝盒
• 盒仔
• 盒子 (hézi)
• 盒子會／盒子会
• 盒子炮 (hézipào)
• 盒子菜
• 盒盒
• 盒餐
• 盤盒機／盘盒机
• 盲盒 (mánghé)
• 禮盒／礼盒 (lǐhé)
• 端盒
• 紅線盜盒／红线盗盒
• 紙盒／纸盒 (zhǐhé)
• 花盒
• 菜盒子
• 針線盒／针线盒
• 鈿盒／钿盒
• 閘盒／闸盒
• 韭菜盒 (jiǔcàihé)
• 韭菜盒子 (jiǔcài hézi)
• 音樂盒／音乐盒 (yīnyuèhé)
• 食盒
• 飯盒／饭盒 (fànhé)
• 餐盒 (cānhé)
• 香盒
• 黑盒子 (hēihézi)
• 墨盒 (mòhé)
• 鼻煙盒／鼻烟盒 (bíyānhé)

 

References

• “盒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

盒

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)、ごう (gō)
• Kun: ふたもの (futamono)、さら (sara)

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ha̠p̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [합]

Hanja

Wikisource

盒 • (hap) (hangeul 합, revised hap, McCune–Reischauer hap, Yale hap)

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Vietnamese

Han character

盒: Hán Việt readings: hạp
盒: Nôm readings: hạp, hộp, ộp, thạp

1. chữ Hán form of hạp (“box, container”).
2. Nôm form of hộp (“box”).