Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

1357 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: box, chest, case, bin, railway car

Kunyomi: はこ

Onyomi: ソウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: たけかんむり

Meaning: bamboo

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

(はこ)   box

庭(はこにわ)   miniature garden

入り娘(はこいりむすめ)   girl who has led a sheltered life

(すばこ)   nest box

(ほんばこ)   bookcase

郵便(ゆうびんばこ)   mailbox

救急(きゅうきゅうばこ)   first-aid kit

私書(ししょばこ)   Post Office Box

Onyomi Examples

百葉 ヒャクヨウバコ Stevenson screen (louvre-sided box housing for meteorological gauges), instrument shelter

ショソウ bookcase

Kunyomi Examples

はこ box, case, chest, package, pack, crate, car (of a train, etc.), shamisen case, shamisen, public building, community building, man who carries a geisha's shamisen, receptacle for human waste, feces (faeces), counter for boxes (or boxed objects)

入り はこいり cased, boxed, precious, cherished, girl who has been sheltered from the world, one's special talent

リサイクル用の リサイクルようのはこ recycling bin, recycling box

契約の けいやくのはこ Ark of the Covenant