1. Noun

   box; case; chest; package; pack; crate

   その取っ手を右にねじると箱は開きます。

2. car (of a train, etc.)

3. shamisen case; shamisen

4. public building; community building

   Colloquialoften written as ハコsee 箱物

5. man who carries a geisha's shamisen

   Archaicsee 箱屋

6. receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces)

   Archaic

7. Suffix, Counter

   counter for boxes (or boxed objects)

Also written 函【はこ】hako、匣【はこ】hako、筥【はこ】hako、筐【はこ】hako、凾【はこ】hako