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box

Composition


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Sounds

Pinyin

xiang1 xiāng

Meaning


Primary

box

Alternatives

chest

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is in [1] front of the [-ang] chapel, making a 箱 box for the sacred 目 eye of the priests and priestesses. Next to her is a cut-down 木 tree and a bunch of strips of ⺮ bamboo, and she uses her sword to cut and combine them together to make the 箱 box. When it is done, she puts a miraculous 目 eye that still moves and sees into the 箱 box and closes it.

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