籠

籠

See also: 笼 and 篭

籠 U+7C60, 籠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C60 ← 籟 [U+7C5F] CJK Unified Ideographs 籡 → [U+7C61]

籠 U+F944, 籠 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F944 ← 弄 [U+F943] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 聾 → [U+F945]

Translingual

Traditional	籠
Shinjitai (extended)	篭
Simplified	笼

Han character

籠 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+16, 22 strokes, cangjie input 竹卜月心 (HYBP), four-corner 8821₁, composition ⿱⺮龍)

Derived characters

• 𭍌, 𭟬, 𬅚, 𬎡, 𥸉

References

• KangXi: page 904, character 45
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26752
• Dae Jaweon: page 1329, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3031, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7C60
• Unihan data for U+F944

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Chinese

trad.		籠
simp.		笼
alternative forms		篭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (龍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
驡	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *roŋ
龐	*broːŋ
瀧	*rroːŋ, *sroːŋ, *roːŋ
籠	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *roŋ
豅	*roːŋ
朧	*roːŋ, *roŋs
龓	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
聾	*roːŋ
礱	*roːŋ, *roːŋs
嚨	*roːŋ
蘢	*roːŋ, *roŋ
櫳	*roːŋ
襱	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *r'oŋʔ
瓏	*roːŋ
曨	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
鸗	*roːŋ, *roŋ
蠪	*roːŋ
巃	*roːŋʔ
竉	*roːŋʔ
攏	*roːŋʔ
儱	*roːŋʔ, *roŋs
龍	*b·roŋ, *mroːŋ
躘	*roŋ, *roŋs
隴	*roŋʔ
壠	*roŋʔ
壟	*roŋʔ
寵	*r̥ʰoŋʔ
龏	*kloŋ, *kloŋs, *qroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *roŋ) : semantic ⺮ + phonetic 龍／龙 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ).

Etymology

A Southeast Asian area word (Alves 2015).

• Per Schuessler 2007, most likely of Austroasiatic origin. Compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *truŋ (“stable, sty, cage”) and *kruŋ (“to confine”) in Shorto 2006, whence Khmer ទ្រុង (trŭng, “cage”), ក្រុង (krŏng, “to confine”), Kuy thrùŋ (“cage”), potentially Vietnamese chuồng (“cage; shed; coop”), and so forth. The Vietnamese may possibly be an early Chinese loan instead (Alves 2018).
• STEDT reconstructs Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kruːŋ (“cage”), based on e.g. Garo gring (“cage”), Burmese ချိုင့် (hkyuing.). Schuessler thinks these were also borrowed from Austroasiatic.
• Other forms include Proto-Tai [Term?], whence Thai กรง (grong, “cage”); and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuruŋ, whence Indonesian kurung (“cage”), Tagalog kulóng (“caged”). Schuessler believes these are also ultimately from Austroasiatic.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóng (long²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lûng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lung¹

• Min Bei (KCR): lô̤ng
• Min Dong (BUC): lè̤ng / lùng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): láng / lâng / lông / lóng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lang⁵ / long⁵ / lêng⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): lon (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóng
    • Wade–Giles: lung²
    • Yale: lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: long
    • Palladius: лун (lun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴
    • Yale: lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: lung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /luŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lʊŋ⁴⁴/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lô̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔŋ³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lè̤ng / lùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃øyŋ⁵³/, /l̃uŋ⁵³/

Note:

• lè̤ng - vernacular;
• lùng - literary.

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láng
    • Tâi-lô: láng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: larng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /laŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâng
    • Tâi-lô: lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lông
    • Tâi-lô: lông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loong
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lóng
    • Tâi-lô: lóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lorng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /lɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ⁴¹/

Note:

• láng, lâng - vernacular;
• lông, lóng - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lang⁵ / long⁵ / lêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâng / lông / lêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ⁵⁵/, /loŋ⁵⁵/, /leŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• lang5 - vernacular;
• long5 - literary;
• lêng5 - used in 籠床.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: lon (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 籠
Mandarin	Beijing	/luŋ³⁵/
	Harbin	/luŋ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/luŋ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/luŋ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/ləŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/luŋ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/luŋ²⁴/ 蒸～ /luŋ⁵³/ ～子
	Xining	/luə̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/luŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/lũn⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/luŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/noŋ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/noŋ³¹/
	Guiyang	/noŋ²¹/
	Kunming	/loŋ⁵³/
	Nanjing	/loŋ²⁴/
	Hefei	/ləŋ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/luəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/luŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/lũŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/loŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/loŋ¹³/
	Hangzhou	/loŋ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/loŋ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/lʌ̃⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/lan⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/loŋ¹³/
	Xiangtan	/nən¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/luŋ⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/luŋ⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/luŋ²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/loŋ²¹/
	Nanning	/luŋ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/luŋ²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/lɔŋ³⁵/ /laŋ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/løyŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/lɔŋ³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/laŋ⁵⁵/ /leŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/loŋ³³/ /laŋ³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /luŋ/

Rime
Character	籠
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	盧紅切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/luŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/luŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləwŋ/
Li Rong	/luŋ/
Wang Li	/luŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/luŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lung4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k.rˤoŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*roːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	籠
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lóng
Middle Chinese	‹ luwng ›
Old Chinese	/*k.rˁoŋ/
English	cage, coop
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	籠
Reading #	1/3
No.	8412
Phonetic component	龍
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	籠
Old Chinese	/*roːŋ/

Definitions

籠

1. bamboo-made implement for holding soil
2. bamboo-made cage (for animals); coop

   • 一雀適羿，羿必得之，威也；以天下為之籠，則雀無所逃。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     一雀适羿，羿必得之，威也；以天下为之笼，则雀无所逃。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Yī què shì Yì, Yì bì dé zhī, wēi yě; yǐ tiānxià wèi zhī lóng, zé què wú suǒ táo. [Pinyin]

     If a single sparrow came within Archer Yi's range, he was sure to bring it down—impressive shooting. But he might have made the whole world into a cage, and then the sparrows would have had no place to flee to.

   • 日月籠中鳥，乾坤水上萍。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     日月笼中鸟，乾坤水上萍。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 衡州送李大夫七丈勉赴廣州, Du Fu, eighth century

     Rìyuè lóng zhōng niǎo, qiánkūn shuǐshàng píng. [Pinyin]

     The sun and moon are birds in a coop; heaven and earth are duckweed on water.

3. bamboo container, holder, hoop, basket, steamer (for buns, dumplings, etc.)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (籠):

• → Korean: 농(籠) (nong), 롱(籠) (rong)

Others:

• → Vietnamese: lồng (Alves 2018)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóng (long²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴
• Wu (Wiktionary): lon (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóng
    • Wade–Giles: lung²
    • Yale: lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: long
    • Palladius: лун (lun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴
    • Yale: lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: lon (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɨoŋ/

Rime
Character	籠
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力鍾切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/lioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luawŋ/
Li Rong	/lioŋ/
Wang Li	/lĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*roŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	籠
Reading #	3/3
No.	8439
Phonetic component	龍
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	龍
Old Chinese	/*roŋ/

Definitions

籠

1. (～竹) A kind of bamboo produced in the Lingnan region of China.

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǒng, lóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˇ, ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁵
• Min Dong (BUC): lē̤ng / lūng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): láng / lóng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lang² / long²

• Wu (Wiktionary): lon (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǒng
    • Wade–Giles: lung³
    • Yale: lǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: loong
    • Palladius: лун (lun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóng
    • Wade–Giles: lung²
    • Yale: lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: long
    • Palladius: лун (lun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁵
    • Yale: lúhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ¹³/

Note: also written as 槓／杠.

• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lē̤ng / lūng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃øyŋ³³/, /l̃uŋ³³/

Note:

• lē̤ng - vernacular;
• lūng - literary.

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láng / lóng
    • Tâi-lô: láng / lóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: larng, lorng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /laŋ⁵³/, /lɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /laŋ⁵⁵⁴/, /lɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laŋ⁵³/, /lɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /laŋ⁵³/, /lɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /laŋ⁴¹/, /lɔŋ⁴¹/

Note:

• láng - vernacular;
• lóng - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lang² / long²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: láng / lóng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ⁵²/, /loŋ⁵²/

Note:

• lang2 - vernacular;
• long2 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: lon (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /luŋ^X/

Rime
Character	籠
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	力董切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/luŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/luŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləwŋX/
Li Rong	/luŋX/
Wang Li	/luŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/luŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǒng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lung5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k.rˤoŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*roːŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	籠
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lǒng
Middle Chinese	‹ luwngX ›
Old Chinese	/*k.rˁoŋʔ/
English	basket; cage
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	籠
Reading #	2/3
No.	8431
Phonetic component	龍
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	曨
Old Chinese	/*roːŋʔ/

Definitions

籠

1. to cover (all); to encompass; to include
2. to shroud; to envelop; to enshroud
3. to hide (one's hands, e.g. in the sleeves)
4. to twine; to wind; to tie up
5. to light (a fire); to kindle
6. large bamboo box; trunk
7. (Cantonese) large box; trunk

   樟木籠／樟木笼 [Cantonese]  ―  zoeng¹ muk⁶ lung⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  camphor box

8. (Cantonese) Classifier for 嘢 (je5), used in combination to describe negative matters caused by or associated with someone.
9. (Shanghainese Wu, slang) a hundred of a currency designation

   Synonym: 龍／龙

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 箱子 (“box”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		箱子
Mandarin	Beijing	箱子
	Taiwan	箱子
	Jinan	箱子
	Xi'an	箱子
	Wuhan	箱子
	Chengdu	箱子
	Guilin	箱子
	Yangzhou	箱子
	Hefei	箱子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	箱, 喼 handheld, 籠
	Hong Kong	箱, 喼 handheld, 籠 dated
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	箱, 槓
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	箱
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	箱仔
	Yangjiang	箱, 喼 handheld, 籠
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	箱
	Beihai	箱
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	箱
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	箱
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	箱
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	箱
	Móng Cái	箱, 匣
Gan	Nanchang	箱子
Hakka	Meixian	箱仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	箱仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	箱仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	箱仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	箱
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	箱仔, 箱
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	箱
	Hong Kong	箱
Jin	Taiyuan	箱子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	箱
Min Dong	Fuzhou	箱箱, 箱
Min Nan	Xiamen	箱仔, 箱
	Chaozhou	箱
	Bangkok (Teochew)	箱
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	箱
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	箱
Wu	Shanghai	箱子
	Suzhou	箱子
	Ningbo	箱子
	Wenzhou	箱
Xiang	Changsha	箱子, 籠子
	Xiangxiang	箱子
	Shuangfeng	箱子, 箱, 籠子

Compounds

Derived terms from 籠

不受籠絡／不受笼络 信籠／信笼 兜籠／兜笼 出籠／出笼 (chūlóng) 出籠鳥／出笼鸟 勞籠／劳笼 包籠／包笼 含煙籠霧／含烟笼雾 囚籠／囚笼 (qiúlóng) 回籠／回笼 (huílóng) 圓籠／圆笼 如鷹在籠／如鹰在笼 小籠包／小笼包 (xiǎolóngbāo) 手籠／手笼 (shǒulóng) 抱出籠／抱出笼 棉手籠／棉手笼 樊籠／樊笼 (fánlóng) 檻猿籠鳥／槛猿笼鸟 水晶燈籠／水晶灯笼 池魚籠鳥／池鱼笼鸟 流籠／流笼 (liúlóng) 火籠／火笼 烘籠／烘笼 煙籠霧鎖／烟笼雾锁 熏籠／熏笼

燈籠／灯笼 (dēnglóng) 燈籠褲／灯笼裤 (dēnglongkù) 燭籠／烛笼 牢籠／牢笼 (láolóng) 牢籠計／牢笼计 皮燈籠／皮灯笼 破籠／破笼 碧紗籠／碧纱笼 站籠／站笼 竹籠／竹笼 箱籠／箱笼 (xiānglǒng) 籠中之鳥／笼中之鸟 籠中窮鳥／笼中穷鸟 籠中鳥／笼中鸟 籠仗／笼仗 籠侗／笼侗 籠利／笼利 籠嘴／笼嘴 籠子／笼子 (lóngzi) 籠屜／笼屉 (lóngtì) 籠括／笼括 籠東／笼东 籠火／笼火 籠籠／笼笼

籠絆／笼绊 籠絡／笼络 (lǒngluò) 籠統／笼统 (lǒngtǒng) 籠罩／笼罩 (lǒngzhào) 籠蓋／笼盖 籠街喝道／笼街喝道 籠貫箱張／笼贯箱张 籠銅／笼铜 籠頭／笼头 (lóngtou) 籠驢把馬／笼驴把马 籠鳥檻猿／笼鸟槛猿 翻箱倒籠／翻箱倒笼 蒙籠／蒙笼 蒙籠暗碧／蒙笼暗碧 蒸籠／蒸笼 (zhēnglóng) 薰籠／薰笼 藥籠中物／药笼中物 豬籠草／猪笼草 (zhūlóngcǎo) 錦熏籠／锦熏笼 鐵籠／铁笼 雞籠／鸡笼 (jīlóng) 鳥籠／鸟笼 (niǎolóng) 鴿子籠／鸽子笼 黑咕籠咚／黑咕笼咚

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Japanese

Kanji

Shinjitai	篭
Kyūjitai	籠

籠

(common “Jōyō” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 篭)

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)
• Sō-on: ろん (ron)
• Kun: かご (kago, 籠, Jōyō); こむ (komu, 籠む); こめる (komeru, 籠める); こもる (komoru, 籠もる, Jōyō)
• Nanori: ごめ (gome); もり (mori)

Compounds

Compounds

• 籠球(ろうきゅう) (rōkyū)
• 籠居(ろうきょ) (rōkyo)
• 籠城(ろうじょう) (rōjō)
• 籠鳥(ろうちょう) (rōchō)
• 籠(ろう)絡(らく) (rōraku)
• 参籠(さんろう) (sanrō)
• 蒸(せい)籠(ろう) (seirō), 蒸(せい)籠(ろ) (seiro)
• 灯籠(どうろう) (dōrō, “lantern”)
• 尾籠(びろう) (birō)
• 薬(やく)籠(ろう) (yakurō)
• 蒸(チョン)籠(ロン) (chonron)
• 葛籠(つづら) (tsuzura)
• 魚籠(びく) (biku)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
籠
かご Grade: S
kun’yomi

Appears to be derived from a compound of an uncertain element ka and 籠 (ko) below, with ko changing to go as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) かご [kàgó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡo̞]

Noun

籠(かご) • (kago)  (kyūjitai, shinjitai 篭)

1. a cage
2. a basket

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 籠(かご)目(め) (kagome, “kagome lattice”)
• 篝(かがり)籠(かご) (kagarikago, “iron basket (for a fire)”)
• 屑(くず)籠(かご) (kuzukago)
• 竹(たけ)籠(かご) (takekago)
• 鳥(とり)籠(かご) (torikago, “birdcage”)

Proper noun

籠(かご) • (Kago)  (kyūjitai, shinjitai 篭)

1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
籠
こ Grade: S
kun’yomi

⟨ko₁⟩ → /kʷo/ → /ko/

From Old Japanese.

Noun

籠(こ) • (ko)  (kyūjitai, shinjitai 篭)

1. a basket, especially one made of bamboo
2. Short for 伏せ籠 (fusego): a chicken or hen coop

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 籠手(こて) (kote)
• 籠(こ)もる, 隠(こも)る (komoru)
• 尾籠(おこ) (oko)
• 駕籠(かご) (kago)
• 旅(はた)籠(ご) (hatago)
• 伏(ふ)せ籠(ご) (fusego)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
籠
ろう Grade: S
kan’on

From Middle Chinese 籠 (MC luŋ) and 籠 (MC luŋ^X).

Noun

籠(ろう) • (rō) 

1. Alternative spelling of 牢 (rō): a jail, prison; a cage; food (usually meat) used in offerings

Affix

籠(ろう) • (rō) 

1. basket
2. bring in
3. seclude oneself

Derived terms

• 印籠(いんろう) (inrō)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 籠 (MC luŋ, luŋ^X). Recorded as Middle Korean 로ᇰ〯 (lwǒng) (Yale: lwǒng) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ŋ] ~ [no̞ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [롱/농]

Hanja

Wikisource籠 (eumhun 대바구니 롱 (daebaguni rong), South Korea 대바구니 농 (daebaguni nong))

1. Hanja form^? of 롱/농 (“basket”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 농성 (籠城, nongseong)
• 농락 (籠絡, nongnak)
• 농구 (籠球, nonggu)
• 장롱 (欌籠, jangnong)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

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Old Japanese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

籠 (ko₁) (kana こ)

1. a basket, especially one made of bamboo
   • c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 1, poem 1)[1]

     籠毛与美籠母乳布久思毛與美夫君志持...

     ko₁ mo yo₂ mi₁-ko₁ moti pukusi mo yo₂ mi₁-bukusi moti...

     Girl with your basket, with your pretty basket, with your shovel, with your pretty shovel...[2]

Derived terms

• 籠もる (ko₂moru)
• 御籠 (mi₁-ko₁)

Descendants

• Japanese: 籠 (こ, ko)

References

1. Satake, Akihiro; Hideo Yamada; Rikio Kudō; Masao Ōtani; Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Man’yōshū 1 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1999, →ISBN.
2. Bjarke Frellesvig (2010) A History of the Japanese Language, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 20

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Vietnamese

Han character

籠: Hán Nôm readings: lồng, lung, ruồng, luông, luồng

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