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籠 — 22 strokes ／ Radical「竹」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 22 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
On
ロウ・ルろう・る · rō · ru
Kun
かご・こ.める・こも.る・こ.むkago · ko.meru · komo.ru · ko.mu
Meaning
basket; seclude oneself

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Bamboo plus a phonetic element: a woven bamboo container; also to shut oneself inside.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onロウろうrō籠城ろうじょう
Kunかごkago籠かご
Kunこもるkomoru籠もるこもる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 籠城ろうじょう

    holding out in a castle

  • 鳥籠とりかご

    birdcage

More words with this kanji

  • 駕籠かご
  • 樊籠はんろう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

竹(たけ)の籠(かご)に果物(くだもの)を盛(も)った。

I heaped the fruit into a bamboo basket.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

籠城鳥籠籠城castle鳥bird箋slip…箸chopst…竹bamboo竺thick竿pole弄toy wi…拉pull…瑠lapis…老old労labor
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 竹Map of reading ロウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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