Onyomi: ソウ · Kunyomi: はこ · Meanings: bin, box, case, chest, railway car
Kanji for bin, box, case, chest, railway car
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The kanji 箱 combines the bamboo radical 竹 on top and 相 (together, mutual) below. In ancient times, people used bamboo to make containers. The bamboo on top shows the material, and 相 shows the shape or function — something that holds or stores things. Together, 箱 shows a bamboo container used to keep items safe. Over time, it became the general kanji for “box” or “container.”
Bamboo (竹) on top and 相 below show a container made of bamboo — 箱 means a box or a container used to hold things.
This kanji declares: bamboo (竹) is used to make a container (相) — 箱 means box. Imagine a bamboo box sitting on a table, holding your toys or small things safely inside. Every time you see 箱, think of a simple box made of bamboo keeping things organized.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 箱 | はこ | box, case, chest, package, pack, crate | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 箱舟 | はこぶね | ark (i.e. Noah's) | Noun |
| 箱詰め | はこづめ | packing into a box, boxing (up), thing packed in a box | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 箱乗り | はこのり | leaning out of a car or train window | Noun |
| 箱入り | はこいり | cased, boxed | Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun |
| 箱水母 | はこくらげ | box jellyfish (Cubozoa spp.), sea wasp | Noun |
| 箱根山椒魚 | はこねさんしょううお | Japanese clawed salamander (Onychodactylus japonicus) | Noun |
| 箱館戦争 | はこだてせんそう | Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869) | Noun |
| 箱根美術館 | はこねびじゅつかん | Hakone Museum of Art | Noun |
| 箱寿司 | はこずし | oshizushi, sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold) | Noun |