The kanji 籠: meaning, readings and stroke order

籠

Meaning: basket, shut oneself in
On reading: ロウ rou
Kun reading: こ（もる） komoru、かご kago
Strokes: 22
Radical: 竹 bamboo
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cái giỏ, ở lì trong (lung)
Japanese: かご。なかにこもる。
Korean: 바구니, 틀어박히다 (농·롱)
Chinese: 笼子、闭门不出 (笼)

Readings, words and example sentences

ロウ rou · on reading · less common

籠ろう城じょう
holding out inside a castle under attack
兵が 籠ろう城じょうして敵をふせぎます。
The soldiers hold out inside the castle to keep the enemy back.

こ（もる） komoru · kun reading · less common

籠こもる
to shut oneself in, to stay inside
部屋に 籠こもって 勉強します。
I shut myself in my room to study.

かご kago · kun reading

籠かご
basket, cage
籠かごにくだものを入れます。
I put fruit in the basket.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.