厢 (xiāng) is a Chinese character meaning “wing room (side room of a house)”. It is written from 厂 (factory; cliff radical) and 木 (tree; wood) and 目 (eye), one enclosing the other, and takes 11 strokes.
Build the character for “side room; carriage”
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Structure
厂 + 木 + 目
Enclosing structure
Structure from: modern-glyph decomposition (IDS ⿸厂⿰木目; 相 = ⿰木目), cross-checked against hanzi-writer-data stroke counts 2+4+5=11
Memory aid
A cliff-like roof (厂) shelters a tree (木) and an eye (目) — together 相, which gives the sound xiāng. A room tucked under the roof at the side of a house is a 厢, like the carriages of a train: 车厢.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
11 strokes
In real words
- 车厢chē xiāngrailway carriage; compartment of a vehicle厢 = xiāng
- 包厢bāo xiāngprivate room (in a restaurant); box (in a theater)厢 = xiāng
- 厢房xiāng fángwing room; side room of a courtyard house厢 = xiāng
Go deeper
All readings
side room; carriage; compartment
wing room (side room of a house); carriage or compartment; box in a theater
正房两边的房屋；也指像房间一样隔开的空间，如车厢、包厢。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 车厢chē xiāngrailway carriage; compartment of a vehicle厢 = xiāng
- 包厢bāo xiāngprivate room (in a restaurant); box (in a theater)厢 = xiāng
- 厢房xiāng fángwing room; side room of a courtyard house厢 = xiāng
Sound component
相 family exact
Easy to confuse with
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 厢 mean?
厢 (xiāng) means wing room (side room of a house); carriage or compartment; box in a theater.
How do you pronounce 厢?
It is pronounced xiāng.
What parts is 厢 made of?
厂 (factory; cliff radical) and 木 (tree; wood) and 目 (eye), one enclosing the other. The recorded source is: modern-glyph decomposition (IDS ⿸厂⿰木目; 相 = ⿰木目), cross-checked against hanzi-writer-data stroke counts 2+4+5=11. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 厢 have?
11. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 厢?
厂. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 厢?
Common ones are 车厢, 包厢, 厢房. The reading of 厢 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.