also: いっぱこ
one box; a box (of something)
Counts one box-shaped container or a boxful of items. Both ひとはこ and いっぱこ are used, with ひとはこ being more common.
I bought a box of chocolates.
この一箱にはクッキーが20枚入っている。
This box contains 20 cookies.
Standard kanji spelling.
Alternate reading; less common than ひとはこ.
Compound of 一 (one) and 箱 (box). The reading ひとはこ follows the native Japanese counting system, while いっぱこ is a phonetic variant.