箱 – box, chest, case

15 strokesTaught in grade 3#1357 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 箱 means box, chest, case, bin, railway car. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソウ (sou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はこ (hako). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 竹 (no. 118).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソウ	sou
Kun’yomi	はこ	hako

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 竹 (Kangxi radical 118). Components: 竹・木・目・乞.

Words using 箱

箱はこbox

Example sentences

その取っ手を右にねじると箱は開きます。

Twist that knob to the right and the box will open.

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Kanji with the same radical

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