Kanji

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
この大きな箱には何が入っているのですか。

What is inside this big box?

ちから
彼は重い箱を持ち上げる力がある

He has the strength to lift the heavy box.

ゴミ箱 ゴミばこ
その紙くずはゴミ箱に捨ててください。

Please throw that scrap paper into the trash can.

捨てる すてる
古い雑誌をゴミ箱に捨てた。

I threw the old magazines in the trash.

木箱 きばこ
古い木箱の中に思い出の手紙が入っている。

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

宝箱 たからばこ
勇者は洞窟の奥で古い宝箱を見つけた

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

下駄箱 げたばこ
学校に着くと、自分の名前が書いてある下駄箱に靴を入れた。

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

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