うけばこ

Japanese
Alternative spellings
受け箱
受箱
凵

Etymology

From 受(う)け (uke, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 受(う)ける (ukeru).”) + 箱(はこ) (hako). The hako changes to bako as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) うけ​ばこ [ùkéꜜbàkò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝke̞ba̠ko̞]

Noun

うけばこ • (ukebako) ←うけばこ (ukebako)?

  1. 受け箱, 受箱: reception box
    郵(ゆう)便(びん)受(うけ)箱(ばこ)
    yūbin ukebako
    mailbox
  2. 凵: the kanji component 凵

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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