# 盒

| 盒 | U+76D2, &#30418; 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 8010$_7$, composition ⿱合皿)

#### Derived characters

* 𰈦 𪤒 𢠏 𭲃 𨢴 𨫸 𫣽 𥃋 𡦸 𥲥 𥂨

#### 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (he$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ho$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hap$^6$ / hap$^{6-2}$ / haap$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): hap$^4$ / hap$^{4*}$
* Gan (Wiktionary): hot$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ha̍p
    (Hailu, HRS): hab$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): hab$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): hah$^5$
* Northern Min (KCR): hō̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): ăk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ah$^7$ / orh$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ha̍p / a̍h / a̍p
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ab$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$ghaq; $^8$gheq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ho$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hé
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hé
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^2$
*** Yale: hé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her
*** Palladius: хэ (xɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (盒兒 / 盒儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hér
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hér
*** Wade–Giles: ho$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: hér
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: her'l
*** Palladius: хэр (xɛr)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɤɻ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ho$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xo
*** Sinological IPA : /xo²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hap$^6$ / hap$^{6-2}$ / haap$^6$
*** Yale: hahp / háp / haahp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hap$^9$ / hap$^{9-2}$ / haap$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heb$^6$ / heb$^{6-2}$ / hab$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐp̚²/, /hɐp̚²⁻³⁵/, /haːp̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: hap$^4$ / hap$^{4*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /hap̚²¹/, /hap̚²¹⁻²¹⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: hot$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɵt̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ha̍p
*** Hakka Romanization System: hab
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hab$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /hap̚⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: hab$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /hap²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: hab$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /hap̚⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: hah$^5$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xaʔ⁵⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hō̤
*** Sinological IPA : /xɔ⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ăk
*** Sinological IPA : /aʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ah$^7$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: a̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /aʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ah$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /aʔ²⁴/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: orh$^7$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: o̤̍h
*** Sinological IPA : /ɒʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: orh$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɒʔ²⁴/
* ah7 - literary;
* orh7 - vernacular.
* 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɣăp̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hé |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hap$^6$ |
* 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
* box; case (generally small, with a lid) (Classifier: 個／个 c)
       jung$^6$ go$^3$ hap$^{6-2}$ zong$^1$ zyu$^6$ di$^1$ cin$^{4-2}$ [Jyutping]
       hold the money in a box
* Classifier for boxes or cases.
    一盒朱古力 [Cantonese] ― jat$^1$ hap$^6$ zyu$^1$ gu$^{2-1}$ lik$^{6-1}$ [Jyutping] ― a box of chocolates
* (Internet, slang) The act of publicly exposing someone's private information or true identity online, derived from "开盒" (to open a box).
    开盒 ― kāihé ― to expose someone's personal information online

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 盒子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 盒子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 盒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 盒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 盒兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | 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 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 盒 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 盒 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 盒 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 盒子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 盒仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 盒仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 盒仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 盒仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 盒 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 盒仔 |
| Hakka | 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 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 盒仔, 盒, 篋仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 盒仔, 盒, 篋仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 盒仔, 篋仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 盒, 箱 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 盒 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 盒仔 |
| Southern Min | Medan (Hokkien) | 盒 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 盒 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 盒 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 盒 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 盒 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 盒 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 盒子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 盒盒 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 盒兒 |
| Wu | 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)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### 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: [ha̠p̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [합]

### Hanja

Wikisource 盒 • (hap) (hangeul 합, revised hap, McCune–Reischauer hap, Yale hap)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

盒: Hán Việt readings: hạp
盒: Nôm readings: hạp, hộp, ộp, thạp
* chữ Hán form of hạp (“box, container”).
* chữ Nôm form of hộp (“box”).

#### References

* 1 2 3 4 Nguyễn (2014).
* 1 2 Trần (2004).
* 1 2 3 Hồ (1976).
* ↑ Trần (1999).
* ↑ Nguyễn (1974).
* ↑ Thiều Chửu (1942).