| 390 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 1703 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 944 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3425 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 935 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 799 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2383 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1091 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1142 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1060 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1486 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3362 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1741 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2366 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 951 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 26209 | Morohashi |
| 2711 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4331 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 942 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1013 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 435 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1357 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 百葉箱 【ヒャクヨウバコ】 Stevenson screen (louvre-sided box housing for meteorological gauges), instrument shelter
- 書箱 【ショソウ】 bookcase
Kun reading compounds
- 箱 【はこ】 box, case, chest, package, pack, crate, car (of a train, etc.), shamisen case, shamisen, public building, community building, man who carries a geisha's shamisen, receptacle for human waste, feces (faeces), counter for boxes (or boxed objects)
- 箱入り 【はこいり】 cased, boxed, precious, cherished, girl who has been sheltered from the world, one's special talent
- リサイクル用の箱 【リサイクルようのはこ】 recycling bin, recycling box
- 契約の箱 【けいやくのはこ】 Ark of the Covenant
Readings
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- caja
- cofre
Portuguese
- caixa
- tórax
- caixa de papelão
- depósito
- carro de estrada de ferro
French
- boîte
- coffre
- caisse
- wagon
| 2379 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6f9.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-9 | SKIP code |
| 8896.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-40-02 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7bb1 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1353 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 亀裂 【キレツ】 crack, crevice, fissure, chap, rift
- 亀甲 【キッコウ】 tortoise shell
- 霊亀 【レイキ】 mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck), Reiki era (715.9.2-717.11.17)
- 宝亀 【ホウキ】 Hōki era (770.10.1-781.1.1)
Kun reading compounds
- 亀 【かめ】 tortoise, turtle, heavy drinker, turtle crest, turtle mon
- 亀綾 【かめあや】 high-quality glossy white habutai silk, raw silk twill fabric with fine diamond pattern
- お亀 【おかめ】 homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks), plain woman, soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
- 出歯亀 【でばかめ】 voyeur, Peeping Tom
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ひさ、 ひさし
- Korean:
- gwi, gyun
Spanish
- tortuga
Portuguese
French
- tortue
| 1288 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5445 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1921 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1531 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2284 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1889 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2637 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1346 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1826 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 540 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 210 | Morohashi |
| 2128 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 62 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 534 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 573 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 2n9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-9 | SKIP code |
| 4-11-4 | SKIP code |
| 2771.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-21-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e80 | Unicode hex code |