運ぶ

はこぶ · hakobu · JLPT N4 · verb-godan

to carry

📦🚚 hako (箱, box) + bu: to box things up and haul them off

Hakobu begins with hako, the Japanese word for box, so carrying is box-ing: you move boxes. The kanji 運 pairs 軍 (army, itself built around 車, cart) with the movement radical 辶: an army on the move, hauling its supplies.

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