籠 — 22 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
道2High school graduate / general ／ 22 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
- On
- ロウ・ル
- Kun
- かご・こ.める・こも.る・こ.む
- Meaning
- basket; seclude oneself
Origin
Bamboo plus a phonetic element: a woven bamboo container; also to shut oneself inside.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| ロウ | 籠城 |
|---|---|
| かご | 籠 |
| こもる | 籠もる |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 籠城ろうじょう
holding out in a castle
- 鳥籠とりかご
birdcage
Example
竹の籠に果物を盛った。
I heaped the fruit into a bamboo basket.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)