Kanji

箱

box, chest, case, bin, railway car

Kanji

Grade

Grade 3

Strokes

15 strokes

Radical

竹部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ソウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

はこ

Nanori (Name Reading)

はこ

Common Readings

はこ

Example sentences

はこ
この 大きな 入っている です

What is inside this big box?

ちから
重い 持ち上げる ある

He has the strength to lift the heavy box.

ゴミ箱 ゴミばこ
その 紙くず ゴミ箱 捨てて ください

Please throw that scrap paper into the trash can.

捨てる すてる
古い 雑誌 ゴミ箱 捨てた

I threw the old magazines in the trash.

木箱 きばこ
古い 木箱 思い出 手紙 入っている

Inside an old wooden box, there are letters of memories.

宝箱 たからばこ
勇者 洞窟 古い 宝箱 見つけた

The hero found an old treasure chest deep in the cave.

下駄箱 げたばこ
学校 着く 自分 名前 書いてある 下駄箱 入れた

When I arrived at school, I put my shoes in the shoe locker with my name on it.

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