箱

15 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 3rd grade
JLPT exam level N3

box, chest, case, bin, railway car

Kun'yomi
  • はこ
    		box ②car (of a train, etc.) ③counter for boxes (or boxed objects)
On'yomi
  • ソウ

Main Radical

竹(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

はこ 99.9%
ソウ 0.1%

Character Breakdown

box, chest, case
はこ　ソウ (3rd, N3)
bamboo
たけ　チク　たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
inter-, mutual, together
あい-　ソウ　ショウ (3rd, N3)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)

Common Words

はこ
箱
box ②car (of a train, etc.) ③counter for boxes (or boxed objects)
　
ゴ
　
ミ
ばこ
箱
trash can
たから
宝
ばこ
箱
treasure chest
はこ
箱
ぶね
舟
ark (i.e. Noah's)
はこ
箱
にわ
庭
miniature garden
げ
下
た
駄
ばこ
箱
shoe rack (at an entrance)
たま
玉
て
手
ばこ
箱
Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō) ②one's closely guarded treasure
ちょ
貯
きん
金
ばこ
箱
savings box
　
お
はら
払
　
い
ばこ
箱
discarding ②dismissal (of an employee)
め
目
やす
安
ばこ
箱
suggestion box ②complaints box placed in front of the supreme court (Edo period)
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References

Unicode hex code 7BB1
JIS X 0208 1-40-2
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3425
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4331
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2711
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3362
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1741
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2366
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 942
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1013
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 944
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2383
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 935
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 26209
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1703
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 1091
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1142
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 799
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 390
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 435
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1060
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1486
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 951
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6f9.4
Four corner code 8896.3
De Roo Code 2379