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rectangular basket

HSK 7
kuāng
キョウ
かたみ、かご、はこ
Components
Meaning component
zhú
"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)
bamboo
Phonetic component
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[kuāng]
basket; CL:隻|只[zhī]
Japanese
かたみ 同音
noun archaic fine-meshed bamboo basket
(rare) (rare) (rare) (rare) (rare) はこ ハコ 同音

noun

  1. box; case; chest; package; pack; crate
  2. car (of a train, etc.)
  3. shamisen case; shamisen
  4. colloquial public building; community building (often written as ハコ)
  5. archaic man who carries a geisha's shamisen
  6. archaic receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces)

suffix

  1. counter for boxes (or boxed objects)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
きょう
Kyō unclassified name
こばこ
Kobako given name
しょう
Shou unclassified name