箱 — kanji meaning “box”
箱
box, chest, case, bin, railway car
- Meanings
- box, chest, case, bin, railway car
- On'yomi
- ソウ (sou)
- Kun'yomi
- はこ
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1357 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 118
- Chinese reading
- xiāng — Chinese character page
Words with 箱
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 重箱 | じゅうばこ juubako | jūbako; multi-tiered food box |
| ゴミ箱 | ごみばこ gomibako | trash can; garbage can; rubbish bin |
| 私書箱 | ししょばこ shishobako | post office box |
| 箱入り | はこいり hakoiri | cased; boxed |
| 巣箱 | すばこ subako | birdhouse; nest box; bird box |
| 箱詰め | はこづめ hakozume | packing into a box; boxing (up); thing packed in a box |
| 箱庭 | はこにわ hakoniwa | miniature garden |
| 玉手箱 | たまてばこ tamatebako | Urashima's casket (in the story of Urashima Tarō); Pandora's box |
| 靴箱 | くつばこ kutsubako | shoe box; shoe shelf |
| 跳び箱 | とびばこ tobibako | vaulting horse; vaulting box; box horse |
| 筆箱 | ふでばこ fudebako | pencil case; pencil box; writing brush case |
| 箱入り娘 | はこいりむすめ hakoirimusume | girl who has led a sheltered life; pet daughter; naive girl |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.