TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
箱
ㄒㄧㄤ · xiāng
noun — a box, chest, trunk
字源 FORM — what the parts do
A box woven of bamboo (竹) — first the side compartment of a large cart (大車牝服), then any chest. 相 xiāng gives the sound, exactly. From the cart's bamboo compartment: a box, a chest, a trunk (箱子、皮箱、衣箱). 相 heads a wide sound family: 想、廂、湘、霜.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
竹（竹）條一條條編起來，相（相）疊成箱——裝得下一整車的家當。
Bamboo strips (竹) woven up, layer on layer (相), into a chest — it'll hold a whole cartload.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)大車牝服— the side compartment of a cart
→箱子、皮箱— a box, chest, trunk常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension