Chinese symbol for “box”
盒子
hé zi
box; case; hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines
The closest CC-CEDICT match for box is 盒子 (hé zi), defined as: box; case; hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “box”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 箱 | xiāng | box; trunk |
| 厢 (廂) | xiāng | box (in theater); side room |
| 包厢 (包廂) | bāo xiāng | box (in a theater or concert hall); private room (in a restaurant or karaoke) |
| 匣 | xiá | box |
| 缄 (椷) | jiān | (wooden) box; cup |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 盒子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 饭盒 (飯盒) | fàn hé | lunchbox; mess tin |
| 机顶盒 (機頂盒) | jī dǐng hé | set-top box |
| 纸盒 (紙盒) | zhǐ hé | paperboard box; cardboard box; carton |
| 盒饭 (盒飯) | hé fàn | meal in a partitioned box |
| 骨灰盒 | gǔ huī hé | box for bone ashes; funerary casket |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “box”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.