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籠

basket
Stroke count: 22

Readings

On readingロウ、ル
Kun readingかご、こ.める、こも.る、こ.む
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. basket
    彼は花でいっぱいの大きな籠を持っています。He has a large basket full of flowers.tatoeba
    私の猫は籠から出てきた。My cat came out of the basket.tatoeba
  2. devote oneself
  3. seclude oneself
  4. cage
    籠の鳥に水とえさをまいにちやるようにしてください。Please see that the birds in the cage get water and food every day.tatoeba
  5. coop
  6. implied
  1. basket (shopping, etc.)
  2. hamper

Synonyms

ケージ檻

Radicals and components

Radical竹bamboo
Components
How it's built
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Compound words

籠もるこもる
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to seclude oneself; to hide away; to stay inside (one's shell)
印籠いんろう
inro
駕籠かご
palanquin
屑籠くずかご
wastebasket
籐籠とうかご
woven basket
クズ籠くずかご
wastebasket
くず籠くずかご
wastebasket
引籠るひきこもる
to stay indoors
楯籠りたてこもり
shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.)
楯籠るたてこもる
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.)
石灯籠いしどうろう
stone lantern
石燈籠いしどうろう
stone lantern
引き籠るひきこもる
to stay indoors
引籠もるひきこもる
to stay indoors
駕籠舁きかごかき
palanquin bearer
言籠めるいいこめる
to talk down
楯籠もるたてこもる
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.)
盾籠もるたてこもる
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.)
籠鳥檻猿ろうちょうかんえん
denied freedom (of how to live one's life)
籠目籠目かごめかごめ
"bird-in-the-cage" children's game
引き籠もるひきこもる
to stay indoors
言い籠めるいいこめる
to talk down
御忍び駕籠おしのびかご
special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito

Additional Examples

籠の中のリンゴの数を数えなさい。
Count the apples in the basket.tatoeba

Stroke Order

22 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 籠

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step