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2237 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied

Kunyomi: かご, こ.める, こも.る, こ.む

Onyomi: ロウ, ル

Composition: 竹 竜

篭

Radical

Radical: 竹

Meaning: bamboo

Reading: たけ

Frequency: 953

Alternative forms:

𥫗(alt radical position kanmuri)

竹

Examples

Onyomi Examples

牢 (ロウ) prison, jail, gaol, firm, solid, strong

籠城 (ロウジョウ) holding a castle (during a siege), holing up, confinement (to one's home), staying at home, staying indoors

蒸籠 (セイロ) bamboo steamer, steaming basket, wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot, soba served on a small wickerwork tray, wickerwork tray (for serving soba)

灯籠 (トウロウ) garden lantern, hanging lantern

Kunyomi Examples

籠 (かご) basket (shopping, etc.), hamper, cage

籠の鳥 (かごのとり) caged bird, person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)

洗いかご (あらいかご) drying basket (e.g. for dishes)

籐かご (とうかご) woven basket, rattan basket

込める (こめる) to load (a gun, etc.), to charge, to put into (e.g. emotion, effort), to include (e.g. tax in a sales price), to hang over, to shroud, to enshroud, to envelop, to screen

籠もる (こもる) to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room), to be confined in, to seclude oneself, to hide away, to stay inside (one's shell), to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.), to imbue with, to infuse with, to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.), to be heavy with (e.g. smoke), to be stuffy, to be dense, to be muffled (e.g. voice), to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.), to confine oneself in a temple to pray

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