籠

22 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

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

Kun'yomi
  • かご
    		basket (shopping, etc.)
  • こめる
    		to load (a gun, etc.) ②to put into (e.g. emotion, effort) ③to hang over
  • こむ
  • こもる
    		to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room) ②to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.) ③to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.) ④to be muffled (e.g. voice)
On'yomi
  • ロウ
    		prison ②firm
  • ル
Nanori
  • ごめ
  • もり

Main Radical

竹(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

かご 55.2%
ロウ 29.2%
こめるこむ 8.2%
こもる 7.4%

Character Breakdown

basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself
かご　ロウ　こ.める (11th)
bamboo
たけ　チク　たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
dragon, imperial
リュウ　リョウ　たつ (Kentei Pre-1)
stake(樁)　variant
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
bow, bow (archery, violin)
ゆみ　キュウ　こ (2nd, N1)
three
サン　み　みっ.つ (1st, N5)

Common Words

ろう
籠
じょう
城
holding a castle (during a siege) ②confinement (to one's home)
とう
灯
ろう
籠
garden lantern
こ
籠
て
手
bracer (arm guard used in archery) ②gauntlet (armor) ③glove (in kendo or fencing) ④strike to the forearm (in kendo)
かご
籠
め
目
woven-bamboo pattern
さん
参
ろう
籠
retirement (to a temple of shrine) for prayer
たけ
竹
かご
籠
bamboo basket
て
手
かご
籠
handbasket
くず
屑
かご
籠
wastebasket
かご
籠
　
の
とり
鳥
caged bird ②person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)
ほぐ
反古
かご
籠
wastebasket
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References

Unicode hex code 7C60
JIS X 0208 1-68-38
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3458
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4376
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2734
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3398
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2383
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2977
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 26752
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1888
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6f16.1
Four corner code 8821.1