Memory phrase for the character: 籠

籠

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Meaning

basket, cage, to seclude oneself

Pronunciation

RŌ
kago, komoru

Explanation

 Top: bamboo 竹, below: old form of dragon 龍 (stand 立, body 月, & winding body of dragon) - [now: dragon 竜]

Mnemonic
 
Made of bamboo: the dragon's cage where it can seclude.

Radicals

竹 bamboo
竜 dragonTraditionally this: 龍 was used for dragon.




 Vocabulary

籠る こもる  to retract, to seclude oneself
籠 かご  basket, cage
籠もる こもる  to seclude oneself, to be implied
灯籠 とうろう  stone lantern
竹籠 たけかご  bamboo basket

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