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Kanji Detail for 籠 - "basket, to seclude"

籠

  • Meaning

    籠 means "basket, to seclude." Also associated with to contain.

    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.

  • Four-character idioms with 籠

    • 籠鳥恋雲 ろうちょうれんうん Listen longing for freedom when tied down
    • 籠鳥檻猿 ろうちょうかんえん Listen denied freedom (of how to live one's life)
    • 自家薬籠 じかやくろう Listen (something that is) available for use at any time; (someone who is) at one's beck and call; (something over which) one has complete mastery

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    • Verified meaning: basket, to seclude
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かご, かごさき)
    • Also carries these associations: to contain

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 籠

    Surnames 籠(かご)Listen 籠(かごさき)Listen

  • 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).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    roh(ロウ) ロウ

    ru(ル) ル

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kago(かご) かご

    ko.mu(こ-む) こ-む

    kome.ru(こ-める) こ-める

    komoru(こ-もる) こ-もる

  • Strokes

    tip

    22 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    竹 (take・takekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    basket to seclude to contain temple stay cage quiver arrow container carrying tool bamboo confinement enclosure coop crate pen shut in

Sentences including 籠

  • He has a large basket full of flowers.

  • My cat came out of the basket.

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