橱

櫥
chú
厨 + 木

Definitions

chú (noun) wardrobe; cabinet; closet

Etymology

A wooden 木 cabinet 厨; 厨 also provides the pronunciation

About

A phono-semantic compound, 橱 consists of the wood radical 木 on the left, indicating the material, and the phonetic component 厨 on the right. 厨, which also exists in the traditional form 廚 (making the traditional character 櫥), means 'kitchen' or a place for cooking. It is formed by the cliff radical 厂 enclosing the elements 豆 and 寸, subtly connecting the meaning to household storage. The character 橱 denotes a wooden cabinet, closet, or wardrobe designed to store various domestic items such as clothing, dishes, or books. By adding the wood radical to the pre-existing character for kitchen, the script distinguished a piece of wooden storage furniture from the room itself, defining it as a freestanding or built-in structure used for organization.

Example Sentences Hide

我的衣橱很大。

Wǒ de yīchú hěn dà.

My wardrobe is very big.

妈妈整理了她的衣橱。

Māma zhěnglǐ le tā de yīchú.

Mom organized her wardrobe.

书橱里有很多书。

Shūchú lǐ yǒu hěn duō shū.

There are many books in the bookcase.

他把衣服放在橱柜里。

Tā bǎ yīfu fàng zài chúguì lǐ.

He put the clothes in the cabinet.

这个厨房的橱柜是白色的。

Zhège chúfáng de chúguì shì báisè de.

The kitchen cabinets are white.

为了防止虫子，她在橱里放了樟脑丸。

Wèile fángzhǐ chóngzi, tā zài chú lǐ fàng le zhāngnǎowán.

To prevent insects, she put mothballs in the cabinet.

由于橱柜的门坏了，我们不得不请人来修理。

Yóuyú chúguì de mén huài le, wǒmen bùdébù qǐng rén lái xiūlǐ.

Because the cabinet door is broken, we had to ask someone to repair it.

在设计新家时，她特别注重橱柜的材质和布局。

Zài shèjì xīn jiā shí, tā tèbié zhùzhòng chúguì de cáizhì hé bùjú.

When designing the new home, she paid special attention to the material and layout of the cabinets.

Related Characters

Component: 厨

蹰

Component: 木

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Example Words

衣橱 橱柜 橱窗 壁橱 书橱 橱子