Medoru
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箱
JLPT N3 SL3 15 strokes Frequency: #1357

Meanings

Box, Chest, Case, Bin, Railway Car

Radicals

⺮

Decomposition

⿱⺮相

Etymology

Pictophonetic: bamboo

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 15

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
2 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
3 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
4 diagonal top-to-bottom
5 horizontal right-to-left
6 diagonal right-to-left
7 horizontal left-to-right
8 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
9 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
10 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
11 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
12 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
13 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
14 horizontal bottom-to-top
15 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ソウ sou
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
はこ hako

Words Using This Kanji

153 words total
Other (20 words)
宝石箱 ほうせきばこ

jewel box

泡箱 あわばこ

bubble chamber

ドル箱 ドルばこ

source of funds

通箱 かよいばこ

reusable shipping carton

靴箱 くつばこ

shoe box

暗箱 あんばこ

camera obscura

受信箱 じゅしんばこ

(email) inbox

箱物行政 はこものぎょうせい

government (public policy) focusing on the construction of public (community) buildings

ボール箱 ボールばこ

cardboard box

霧箱 きりばこ

cloud chamber

一箱 ひとはこ

one box

パンドラの箱 パンドラのはこ

Pandora's box

トロ箱 トロばこ

box for shipping seafood (usually made of styrofoam)

ダンボール箱 ダンボールばこ

cardboard box

紙箱 かみばこ

paper box

箱乗り はこのり

leaning out of a car or train window

運賃箱 うんちんばこ

fare box

重箱の隅をほじくる じゅうばこのすみをほじくる

to nitpick

スキナー箱 スキナーばこ

Skinner box (i.e. an operant conditioning chamber)

箱館戦争 はこだてせんそう

Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869)

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