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篭 = 竜 + 竹
篭 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “basket”. It is built from 竜 (dragon) and 竹 (bamboo). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1022.
- Keyword
- basket
- RTK frame
- 1022
- Strokes
- 16
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ロウ, ル
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- かご, こ.める, こも.る, こ.む
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- seclude oneself, корзина
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 篭 cage
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 篭 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “dragon” + “bamboo”. 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.