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])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ke̞ba̠ko̞]

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