篭

篭 U+7BED, 篭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7BED ← 篬 [U+7BEC] CJK Unified Ideographs 篮 → [U+7BEE]

Translingual

Traditional	籠
Shinjitai (extended)	篭
Simplified	笼

Han character

篭 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹卜廿山 (HYTU), four-corner 8821₁, composition ⿱𥫗竜)

1. cage
2. cage-like basket

Derived characters

• 𱘗, 𢥆, 𢹈, 𣰳, 𪿄, 𫅲, 𬕹, 𬕺, 𣰴, 𬕾, 𬖅, 𲄿, 𬖆, 𬖉

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 895, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26371
• Dae Jaweon: page 1322, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3004, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7BED

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 篭 – see 籠 (“bamboo-made implement for holding soil; bamboo-made cage; coop; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 籠).

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	篭
Kyūjitai	籠

Kanji

篭

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 籠)

1. Extended shinjitai form of 籠

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)
• Kun: かご (kago, 篭)、こもる (komoru, 篭もる)、こもる (komoru, 篭る)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 篭 – see the following entry.

【籠かご】S [noun] a cage [noun] a basket [proper noun] a surname 【籠こ】S [noun] a basket, especially one made of bamboo [noun] Short for 伏籠 (fusego): a clothes airer, or chicken coop 【籠ろう】S [noun] Alternative spelling of 牢 (rō): a jail, prison; a cage; food (usually meat) used in offerings [affix] basket [affix] bring in [affix] seclude oneself

(This term, 篭, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)