篭 = 竹 + 竜

篭 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “cage”. It is built from 竹 (bamboo) and 竜 (dragon).

Keyword: cage
Pinyin (Mandarin): lóng
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: клетка
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 篭 basket

Decomposition

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竹 bamboo
竜 dragon

How to find 篭 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “bamboo” + “dragon”. 篭 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 篭 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.