What does kanji 籠 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 籠 is basket.

How is kanji 籠 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 籠 are かご, こ.める, こも.る, こ.む; the onyomi readings are ロウ, ル.

What is the main radical of kanji 籠?

The main radical for kanji 籠 is 竹.

What words use kanji 籠?

Example words that use kanji 籠 include 籠, 籠で水を汲む, 籠の垂れ, 籠屋.

JōyōJLPT N3Kanken 2

籠

Meaning

Kanji 籠

basket

basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: かごこ.めるこも.るこ.む
Onyomi 音読み: ロウル
Nanori 名乗り: ごめもり

Old form: 篭 • Added to Jōyō: 2010

Jōyō: -
JLPT: JLPT N3
Frequency: -
Strokes: 22
Radical: 竹
Components: 月 • 立 • 竹 • 乞
Kanji Kentei: Level 2
Similar Kanji: -

Related vocabulary

Showing 36 common entries

Showing 36 of 129 entries that include this kanji.

籠

かご

basket (shopping, etc.)

籠で水を汲む

かごでみずをくむ

to bail out the ocean with a teaspoon

籠の垂れ

かごのたれ

hanging of a palanquin

籠屋

かごや

basket maker

籠球

ろうきゅう

basketball

籠居

ろうきょ

staying at home or indoors

籠城作戦

ろうじょうさくせん

strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building)

籠鳥

ろうちょう

caged bird

籠鳥恋雲

ろうちょうれんうん

longing for freedom when tied down

籠鳥檻猿

ろうちょうかんえん

denied freedom (of how to live one's life)

籠抜け

かごぬけ

slipping out the back way with swindled goods

籠枕

かごまくら

pillow made from bamboo or cane (for use during the summer)

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

市場で新鮮な野菜を竹の籠に入れて売っていた。

At the market, fresh vegetables were sold in a bamboo basket.

鶏が籠の中で静かにしている。

The chicken is quiet inside the coop.

彼は部屋に籠もって一日中原稿を書いていた。

He shut himself in his room and wrote all day.

雪の日は家に籠もって本を読むのが好きだ。

On snowy days, I like staying inside and reading.

犯人は倉庫に立て籠もった。

The suspect barricaded himself inside the warehouse.

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