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籠

籠 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ロウHS
  • ル
Kun (native)
  • かごJHS
  • こ(める)
  • こも(る)JHS
  • こ(む)
Nanori (used in names)
  • ごめ
  • もり
Other languages
  • 拼音long2
  • 拼音long3
  • 한글rong
  • Hán-ViệtLung
  • Hán-ViệtLộng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
22 strokes
Radical
竹(たけ)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+7C60

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𥫗龍

Words using this kanji

  • 籠かごbasket (shopping, etc.), hamper, cage
  • 籠もるこもるto shut oneself in (e.g. one's room), to be confined in, to seclude oneself, to hide away
  • 籠城ろうじょう戦で敵に囲まれて城に立て籠もること。 屋内に閉じ籠もって外出しないこと。holding a castle (during a siege), holing up, confinement (to one's home), staying at home
  • 籠手こてbracer (arm guard used in archery), gauntlet (armour), glove (in kendo or fencing)
  • 籠居ろうきょ家に閉じ籠もり、外出しないこと。 自宅などに謹慎すること。staying at home or indoors, living in seclusion, retirement
  • 籠目かごめwoven-bamboo pattern
  • 籠球ろうきゅうバスケットボール。basketball
  • 籠枕かごまくらpillow made from bamboo or cane (for use during the summer)
  • 籠鳥ろうちょう籠の中で飼われている鳥。caged bird
  • 籠屋かごやbasket maker
  • 籠耳かごみみmemory like a sieve, going in one ear and out the other
  • 籠抜けかごぬけslipping out the back way with swindled goods
  • 籠の鳥かごのとりcaged bird, person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)
  • 籠の垂れかごのたれhanging of a palanquin
  • 籠城作戦ろうじょうさくせんstrategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building)
  • 籠絡手段ろうらくしゅだんmeans of cajolement (trickery)
  • 籠目籠目かごめかごめ"bird-in-the-cage" children's game
  • 籠鳥檻猿ろうちょうかんえんdenied freedom (of how to live one's life)
  • 籠鳥恋雲ろうちょうれんうんlonging for freedom when tied down
  • 籠で水を汲むかごでみずをくむto bail out the ocean with a teaspoon

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-6-16
Four Corner
8871.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6f16.1
Nelson
3458