籠
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笼
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Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 龍 represents the sound.
Components
⺮ Meaning component
zhú
"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)
⺮ is a component form of 竹.
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Historical Evolution
籠
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
籠
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
籠
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
籠
Regular
Modern
Chinese
笼 / 籠 [lóng]
enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket; steamer basket; to cover; to cage; to embrace; to manipulate through trickery
笼 / 籠 [lǒng]
to cover; to cage; covering; also pr. [lóng]
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
籠 かご
Kago surname
籠 かごさき
Kagosaki surname
CHINESE WORDS (38)
笼子 [lóngzi] #5,260
cage
笼罩 [lǒngzhào] #10,299
to envelop
灯笼 [dēnglóng] #20,246
lantern
回笼 [huílóng] #40,537
to steam again
鸟笼 [niǎolóng] #19,009
birdcage
牢笼 [láolóng] #18,715
cage
笼统 [lǒngtǒng] #33,378
general
出笼 [chūlóng] #45,533
just out of the steamer basket 蒸籠|蒸笼
灯笼裤 [dēnglóngkù] #26,893
bloomers
蒸笼 [zhēnglóng] #44,070
steamer basket (e.g. for dimsum)
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JAPANESE WORDS (132)
⭐ 込める [こめる] #1,932
to load (a gun, etc.)
⭐ 閉じこもる [とじこもる] #7,789
to seclude oneself
⭐ 口ごもる [くちごもる] #8,695
to hesitate to say
引きこもる [ひきこもる] #9,280
to stay indoors
牢 [ろう] #9,463
prison
⭐ 籠もる [こもる] #10,621
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room)
⭐ 引きこもり [ひきこもり] #14,482
shut-in
立ち込める [たちこめる] #16,357
to hang over
籠城 [ろうじょう] #17,031
holding a castle (during a siege)
駕籠 [かご] #23,068
palanquin
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