Kanji N3

箱: box, chest, case

箱 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning box, chest, case, written with 15 strokes. It is read ソウ (on) and はこ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 箱 (はこ, box) and 私書箱 (ししょばこ, post office box).

箱

Meanings

  • box
  • chest
  • case
  • bin
  • railway car
Strokes15
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#1357 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ソウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • はこ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 15. Start at the dot.

Common words with 箱

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 箱はこ

    box; case; chest; package; pack; crate

    JLPT N5
  • 私書箱ししょばこ

    post office box

  • 本箱ほんばこ

    bookcase

  • 重箱じゅうばこ

    jūbako; multi-tiered food box

  • ゴミ箱ごみばこ

    trash can; garbage can; rubbish bin; dustbin

  • 投票箱とうひょうばこ

    ballot box

  • 救急箱きゅうきゅうばこ

    first-aid kit

  • 巣箱すばこ

    birdhouse; nest box; bird box

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.