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籃
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篮
🇨🇳

basket

HSK 10
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lán
ラン
かご
람
Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 監 represents the sound.
Components
⺮ "bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)+ 監 supervise =
籃 basket
⺮ Meaning component
zhú
"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)
⺮ is a component form of 竹.
監 Phonetic component
supervise
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Notes
Similar Characters
竺 India筑 short name for (simp)筮 divination with stalks竽 ancient竿 pole笄 Fifteen-Year-Old Hairpin笆 bamboo fence笈 bamboo box used笊 bamboo笋 bamboo (simp)笏 tablet held by笔 writing utensil (simp)笕 bamboo (simp)笙 small gourd-shaped musical笛 flute笞 bamboo rod used笠 bamboo hat笤 a broom笥 a hamper符 symbol
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
籃
Regular
Modern
Chinese
篮 / 籃 [lán]
basket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
籃 らん
Ran female given name
CHINESE WORDS (25)
篮球 [lán​qiú] #3,033
basketball
篮板 [lán​bǎn] #20,402
backboard
投篮 [tóu​lán] #9,691
to shoot for the basket (basketball)
男篮 [nán​lán] #64,120
men's basketball
篮子 [lán​zi] #9,056
basket
摇篮 [yáo​lán] #10,790
cradle
扣篮 [kòu​lán] #18,186
slam dunk
篮球场 [lán​qiú​chǎng] #19,062
basketball court
篮板球 [lán​bǎn​qiú] #28,734
rebound (basketball)
摇篮曲 [yáo​lán​qǔ] #19,459
lullaby
15 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (10)
⭐ 揺りかご [ゆりかご] #47,632
cradle
揺籃 [ようらん] #61,364
cradle
竹かご [たけかご] #76,623
bamboo basket
魚籠 [びく] #82,924
fish basket
ゆりかごから墓場まで [ゆりかごからはかばまで] #143,926
from the cradle to the grave
揺籃期 [ようらんき] #168,335
infancy
揺籃の地 [ようらんのち] #249,902
birthplace
子持ち甘藍 [こもちかんらん]
Brussels sprout
揺籃期本 [ようらんきぼん]
incunable
茶籠 [ちゃかご]
basket for tea ceremony instruments
KOREAN WORDS (1)
요람
cradle