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Kanji Detail for 籠 - "basket, contain, seclude"

  • Meaning

    籠 means "basket, contain, seclude."

    1. To seclude - To shut oneself in; to hide; to barricade.

    2. Temple stay - Staying at a shrine to pray.

    3. To contain - To wrap; to include.

    4. Basket - A woven bamboo container.

    5. Carrying tool - Equipment for carrying soil.

    6. Arrow container - A quiver worn on the back.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    basket; devote oneself; seclude oneself; cage; coop; implied

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cage; cage-like basket

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket; steamer basket

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    basket; cage; bamboo basket used to serve dimsum

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

    A woven bamboo container. Either for holding things. Or for covering things. Generally called 籠. Also read in Rising tone. Such as colloquially saying boxes and baskets. | Bird cages are called 籠. Such as chicken coops, bird cages. Also, enclosing criminals is called 囚籠 (prisoner's cage).
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