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 (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): 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 Meinong)
    • 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
  • (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)	覃 (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
Mandarin	Taiwan	盒子
	Luoyang	盒子
	Xining	盒兒
	Ürümqi	盒兒
	Chengdu	盒盒兒, 盒盒
	Singapore	盒子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	盒盒子, 盒盒兒
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)
• 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
• 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

(uncommon “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”).