籠

See also: 笼 and 篭

Translingual

Traditional	籠
Shinjitai (extended)	篭
Simplified	笼

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𭍌, 𭟬, 𬅚, 𬎡, 𥸉

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		籠
simp.		笼
alternative forms		篭

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 籠
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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／形声, OC *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *roŋ) : semantic ⺮ + phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 籠

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

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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

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Japanese

Kanji

Shinjitai	篭
Kyūjitai	籠

籠

(Jōyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 篭)

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)
• Sō-on: ろん (ron)
• Kun: かご (kago, 籠, Jōyō)、こむ (komu, 籠む)、こめる (komeru, 籠める)、こもる (komoru, 籠もる, Jōyō)
• Nanori: ごめ (gome)、もり (mori)

Compounds

Compounds

• 籠球(ろうきゅう) (rōkyū)
• 籠居(ろうきょ) (rōkyo)
• 籠城(ろうじょう) (rōjō)
• 籠鳥(ろうちょう) (rōchō)
• 籠(ろう)絡(らく) (rōraku)
• 参籠(さんろう) (sanrō)
• 蒸(せい)籠(ろう) (seirō), 蒸(せい)籠(ろ) (seiro)
• 灯籠(どうろう) (dōrō, “lantern”)
• 尾籠(びろう) (birō)
• 薬(やく)籠(ろう) (yakurō)
• 蒸(チョン)籠(ロン) (chonron)
• 葛籠(つづら) (tsuzura)
• 魚籠(びく) (biku)

Etymology 1

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

Appears to be derived from a compound of an uncertain element ka and 籠 (ko) below, with ko changing to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

1. a cage
2. a basket

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 籠(かご)目(め) (kagome, “kagome lattice”)
• 篝(かがり)籠(かご) (kagarikago, “iron basket (for a fire)”)
• 屑(くず)籠(かご) (kuzukago)
• 竹(たけ)籠(かご) (takekago)
• 鳥(とり)籠(かご) (torikago, “birdcage”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
籠
こ Grade: S
kun'yomi

⟨ko₁⟩ → /kʷo/ → /ko/

From Old Japanese.

Noun

1. a basket, especially one made of bamboo
2. Short for 伏せ籠 (fusego): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 籠手(こて) (kote)
• 籠(こ)もる, 隠(こも)る (komoru)
• 尾籠(おこ) (oko)
• 駕籠(かご) (kago)
• 旅(はた)籠(ご) (hatago)
• 伏(ふ)せ籠(ご) (fusego)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
籠
ろう Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 籠 (MC luwng) and 籠 (MC luwngX).

Noun

籠(ろう) • (rō) 

1. Alternative spelling of 牢 (rō): a jail, prison; a cage; food (usually meat) used in offerings

Affix

籠(ろう) • (rō) 

1. basket
2. bring in
3. seclude oneself

Derived terms

• 印籠(いんろう) (inrō)

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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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Old Japanese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

籠 (ko₁) (kana こ)

1. a basket, especially one made of bamboo
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 1, poem 1:

     籠毛与美籠母乳布久思毛與美夫君志持...

     ko₁ mo yo₂ mi₁-ko₁ moti pukusi mo yo₂ mi₁-bukusi moti...

     Girl with your basket, with your pretty basket, with your shovel, with your pretty shovel...

Derived terms

• 籠もる (ko₂moru)
• 御籠 (mi₁-ko₁)

Descendants

• Japanese: 籠 (こ, ko)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 籠 (lồng, lung, ruồng, luông, luồng)

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