煤箱 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

méixiāng

coal box

méi coal

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 某 represents the sound.

火 Meaning component

huǒ fire

某 Sound component

mǒu certain thing or person

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	mwoj	mˤə	soot; coal
Zhengzhang		mɯː

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 相 represents the sound.

⺮ Meaning component

zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

相 Sound component

xiāng, xiàng mutual

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sjang	C.[s]aŋ	box (of a carriage)

《說文》：“箱，大車牝服也。从竹，相聲。”