籠

See also: 笼 and 篭

籠 U+7C60, 籠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C60 ← 籟 [U+7C5F] CJK Unified Ideographs 籡 → [U+7C61]

Translingual

Traditional	籠
Shinjitai (extended)	篭
Simplified	笼

Han character

籠 (radical 118 竹+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 竹卜月心 (HYBP), four-corner 8821₁, composition ⿱⺮龍)

References

• KangXi: page 904, character 45
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26752
• Dae Jaweon: page 1329, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3031, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7C60

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Chinese

trad.		籠
simp.		笼
alt. forms		篭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (龍) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
驡	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *roŋ
龐	*broːŋ
瀧	*rroːŋ, *sroːŋ, *roːŋ
籠	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *roŋ
豅	*roːŋ
朧	*roːŋ, *roŋs
龓	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
聾	*roːŋ
礱	*roːŋ, *roːŋs
嚨	*roːŋ
蘢	*roːŋ, *roŋ
櫳	*roːŋ
襱	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *r'oŋʔ
瓏	*roːŋ
曨	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
鸗	*roːŋ, *roŋ
蠪	*roːŋ
巃	*roːŋʔ
竉	*roːŋʔ
攏	*roːŋʔ
儱	*roːŋʔ, *roŋs
龍	*b·roŋ, *mroːŋ
躘	*roŋ, *roŋs
隴	*roŋʔ
壠	*roŋʔ
壟	*roŋʔ
寵	*r̥ʰoŋʔ
龏	*kloŋ, *kloŋs, *qroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *roŋ): semantic ⺮ + phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóng (long²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lûng
• Min Bei (KCR): lô̤ng
• Min Dong (BUC): lè̤ng / lùng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): láng / lâng / lông / lóng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lang⁵ / long²

• Wu (Wiktionary): lon (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Wade-Giles: lung²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: long
    • IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴
    • Yale: lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: lung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lung¹
    • IPA: /luŋ²⁴/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lô̤ng
    • IPA ^(key): /lɔŋ³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lè̤ng / lùng
    • IPA ^(key): /l̃øyŋ⁵³/, /l̃uŋ⁵³/

Note:

• lè̤ng - vernacular;
• lùng - literary.

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láng
    • Tâi-lô: láng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: larng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /laŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng
    • Tâi-lô: lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lông
    • Tâi-lô: lông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loong
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lóng
    • Tâi-lô: lóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /lɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ⁴¹/

Note:

• láng, lâng - vernacular;
• lông, lóng - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: lang⁵ / long²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâng / lóng
  • IPA ^(key): /laŋ⁵⁵/, /loŋ⁵²/

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: lon (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²³/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 籠
Mandarin	Beijing	/luŋ³⁵/
	Harbin	/luŋ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/luŋ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/luŋ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/ləŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/luŋ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/luŋ²⁴/ 蒸～ /luŋ⁵³/ ～子
	Xining	/luə̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/luŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/lũn⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/luŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/noŋ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/noŋ³¹/
	Guiyang	/noŋ²¹/
	Kunming	/loŋ/
	Nanjing	/loŋ²⁴/
	Hefei	/ləŋ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/luəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/luŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/lũŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/loŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/loŋ¹³/
	Hangzhou	/loŋ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/loŋ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/lʌ̃⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/lan⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/loŋ¹³/
	Xiangtan	/nən¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/luŋ⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/luŋ⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/luŋ²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/loŋ²¹/
	Nanning	/luŋ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/luŋ²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/lɔŋ³⁵/ /laŋ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/løyŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/lɔŋ³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/laŋ⁵⁵/ /leŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/loŋ³³/ /laŋ³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /luŋ/▼

Rime
Character	籠
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧紅切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/luŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/luŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləwŋ/
Li Rong	/luŋ/
Wang Li	/luŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/luŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*k.rˤoŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*roːŋ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	籠
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lóng
Middle Chinese	‹ luwng ›
Old Chinese	/*k.rˤoŋ/
English	cage, coop
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	籠
Reading #	1/3
No.	8412
Phonetic component	龍
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	籠
Old Chinese	/*roːŋ/

Definitions

籠

1. bamboo-made implement for holding soil
2. bamboo-made cage (for animals); coop
3. bamboo container, holder, hoop, basket, steamer (for buns, dumplings), etc.

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóng (long²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴
• Wu (Wiktionary): lon (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Wade-Giles: lung²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: long
    • IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴
    • Yale: lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: lon (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɨoŋ/▼

Rime
Character	籠
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力鍾切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/lioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luawŋ/
Li Rong	/lioŋ/
Wang Li	/lĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*roŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	籠
Reading #	3/3
No.	8439
Phonetic component	龍
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	龍
Old Chinese	/*roŋ/

Definitions

籠

1. (～竹) A kind of bamboo produced in the Lingnan region of China.

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǒng, lóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˇ, ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁵
• Min Dong (BUC): lē̤ng / lūng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): láng / lóng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lang⁵ / long²

• Wu (Wiktionary): lon (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˇ
    • Wade-Giles: lung³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: loong
    • IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: lóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Wade-Giles: lung²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: long
    • IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁵
    • Yale: lúhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ¹³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lē̤ng / lūng
    • IPA ^(key): /l̃øyŋ³³/, /l̃uŋ³³/

Note:

• lē̤ng - vernacular;
• lūng - literary.

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láng / lóng
    • Tâi-lô: láng / lóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: larng, lorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ⁵³/, /lɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ⁵⁵⁴/, /lɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ⁵³/, /lɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laŋ⁵³/, /lɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ⁴¹/, /lɔŋ⁴¹/

Note:

• láng - vernacular;
• lóng - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: lang⁵ / long²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâng / lóng
  • IPA ^(key): /laŋ⁵⁵/, /loŋ⁵²/

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: lon (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /luŋ^X/▼

Rime
Character	籠
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	力董切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/luŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/luŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləwŋX/
Li Rong	/luŋX/
Wang Li	/luŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/luŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǒng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*k.rˤoŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*roːŋʔ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	籠
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lǒng
Middle Chinese	‹ luwngX ›
Old Chinese	/*k.rˤoŋʔ/
English	basket; cage
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	籠
Reading #	2/3
No.	8431
Phonetic component	龍
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	曨
Old Chinese	/*roːŋʔ/

Definitions

籠

1. to cover (all); to encompass; to include
2. to shroud; to envelop; to enshroud
3. to hide (one's hands, e.g. in the sleeves)
4. to twine; to wind; to tie up
5. to light (a fire); to kindle
6. large bamboo box; trunk

Compounds

Derived terms from 籠

• 不受籠絡／不受笼络
• 信籠／信笼
• 兜籠／兜笼
• 出籠／出笼
• 出籠鳥／出笼鸟
• 勞籠／劳笼
• 包籠／包笼
• 含煙籠霧／含烟笼雾
• 囚籠／囚笼 (qiúlóng)
• 回籠／回笼 (huílóng)
• 圓籠／圆笼
• 如鷹在籠／如鹰在笼
• 小籠包／小笼包 (xiǎolóngbāo)
• 手籠／手笼
• 抱出籠／抱出笼
• 棉手籠／棉手笼
• 樊籠／樊笼
• 檻猿籠鳥／槛猿笼鸟
• 水晶燈籠／水晶灯笼
• 池魚籠鳥／池鱼笼鸟
• 流籠／流笼
• 火籠／火笼
• 烘籠／烘笼
• 煙籠霧鎖／烟笼雾锁
• 熏籠／熏笼

• 燈籠／灯笼 (dēnglóng)
• 燈籠褲／灯笼裤
• 燭籠／烛笼
• 牢籠／牢笼 (láolóng)
• 牢籠計／牢笼计
• 皮燈籠／皮灯笼
• 破籠／破笼
• 碧紗籠／碧纱笼
• 站籠／站笼
• 竹籠／竹笼
• 箱籠／箱笼 (xiānglǒng)
• 籠中之鳥／笼中之鸟
• 籠中窮鳥／笼中穷鸟
• 籠中鳥／笼中鸟
• 籠仗／笼仗
• 籠侗／笼侗
• 籠利／笼利
• 籠嘴／笼嘴
• 籠子／笼子 (lóngzi)
• 籠屜／笼屉
• 籠括／笼括
• 籠東／笼东
• 籠火／笼火
• 籠籠／笼笼

• 籠絆／笼绊
• 籠絡／笼络 (lǒngluò)
• 籠統／笼统 (lǒngtǒng)
• 籠罩／笼罩 (lǒngzhào)
• 籠蓋／笼盖
• 籠街喝道／笼街喝道
• 籠貫箱張／笼贯箱张
• 籠銅／笼铜
• 籠頭／笼头 (lóngtou)
• 籠驢把馬／笼驴把马
• 籠鳥檻猿／笼鸟槛猿
• 翻箱倒籠／翻箱倒笼
• 蒙籠／蒙笼
• 蒙籠暗碧／蒙笼暗碧
• 蒸籠／蒸笼 (zhēnglóng)
• 薰籠／薰笼
• 藥籠中物／药笼中物
• 豬籠草／猪笼草 (zhūlóngcǎo)
• 錦熏籠／锦熏笼
• 鐵籠／铁笼
• 雞籠／鸡笼 (jīlóng)
• 鳥籠／鸟笼 (niǎolóng)
• 鴿子籠／鸽子笼
• 黑咕籠咚／黑咕笼咚

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Japanese

Kanji

籠

(common “Jōyō” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 篭)

1. basket
2. devote oneself
3. seclude oneself
4. cage
5. coop
6. implied

Readings

• Goon: る (ru)
• Kan’on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)
• On: りょう (ryō)
• Kun: えびら (ebira, 籠); かご (kago, 籠, Jōyō); こむ (komu, 籠む); こめる (komeru, 籠める); こもる (komoru, 籠る)
• Nanori: ごめ (gome); もり (mori)

Compounds

Compounds

• 篝籠 (かがりかご) (kagarikago): iron basket for a fire
• 籠目 (かごめ) (kagome): a kagome lattice
• 籠目紋 (かごめもん) (kagome mon): a shape like the Star of David, appearing in the intersections of a kagome lattice
• 籠目籠目 (かごめかごめ) (kagome kagome): a "bird-in-the-cage" -- a Japanese children's game, similar to Blind man's buff
• 灯 (どう)籠 (ろう) (dōrō): lantern
• 鳥籠 (とりかご) (torikago): birdcage

Kanji in this term
籠
かご Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) かご [kàgó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡo̞]

Noun

籠 (hiragana かご, rōmaji kago)

1. cage
2. basket

Noun

籠 (hiragana こ, rōmaji ko)

1. basket
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 1, poem 1)

     籠毛与美籠母乳 [...]

References

• Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man’yōshū 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN, published 1999.

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Korean

Hanja

籠 • (rong>nong) (hangeul 롱>농, revised rong>nong, McCune-Reischauer rong>nong, Yale long>nong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

籠 (lồng, lung, ruồng, luông, luồng)

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