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笼 = 竹 + 龙 笼 is a simplified Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “cage”. It is built from 竹 (bamboo) and 龙 (dragon) .
Keyword cage
Pinyin (Mandarin) lóng
Script Simplified chinese hanzi
Also known as клетка
Decomposition
How to find 笼 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “bamboo” + “dragon”. 笼 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
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Remembering the
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Structural decompositions from cjkvi-ids; readings and character data from kanjidic2
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