Kanji Detail for 櫝 - "chest, coffin, store"

櫝

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
櫝 means "chest, coffin, store."
1. Chest - A box; a container.
2. Coffin - A box for containing a corpse.
3. Store - To put in a box.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

cabinet; wardrobe; closet; chest; coffer

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

cabinet, wardrobe; closet

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

cabinet; case; casket

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

A case. The Analerta says: "Store it wrapped in a case" (韞櫝而藏諸). Anything used to store items is called 櫝. As in "buying the case and returning the pearl" (買櫝還珠), from Hanfeizi, meaning to pursue appearances without seeking substance.
Onyomi

doku(どく)

toku(とく)
Kunyomi

hako(はこ)

hitsugi(ひつぎ)
Strokes

19 strokes
Radical

木 (ki・kihen)
Related Keywords
chest box container coffin containing corpse store put