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The Kanji Map

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: 竹 相

箱

Radical

Radical: 竹

Reading: たけかんむり

Meaning: bamboo

Strokes: 6

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Examples

Examples with audio

箱(はこ)   box

箱庭(はこにわ)   miniature garden

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

巣箱(すばこ)   nest box

本箱(ほんばこ)   bookcase

郵便箱(ゆうびんばこ)   mailbox

救急箱(きゅうきゅうばこ)   first-aid kit

私書箱(ししょばこ)   Post Office Box

Onyomi Examples

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

書箱 (ショソウ) bookcase

Kunyomi Examples

箱 (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)

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

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

契約の箱 (けいやくのはこ) Ark of the Covenant

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