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籠

籠 — basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself

On
ロウ, ル
Kun
かご, こめる, こもる, こむ
Strokes
22
School grade
8

Common words with 籠

  • 籠かごbasket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cageCommon

    そのかごはリンゴでいっぱいだった。
    The basket was full of apples.

  • 籠もるこもるto shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to seclude oneself; to…Common
  • 籠手こてbracer (arm guard used in archery)Rare
  • 手籠てかごhandbasketRare
  • 目籠めかごopenwork bamboo basketRare
  • 籠目かごめwoven-bamboo patternRare
  • 籠居ろうきょstaying at home or indoors; living in seclusion; retirementRare
  • 薬籠やくろうmedicine chest (container)Rare
  • 石籠せきろうgabion; cage filled with stonesRare
  • 薬籠中の物やくろうちゅうのものcomplete mastery of or over; at one's beck and callRare
  • 籠耳かごみみmemory like a sieve; going in one ear and out the otherRare
  • パン籠パンかごbreadbasketRare
  • 籠城ろうじょうholding a castle (during a siege); holing upRare
  • 魚籠びくfish basket; creelRare
  • 籠の鳥かごのとりcaged birdRare
  • 籠鳥ろうちょうcaged birdRare
  • 籠抜けかごぬけslipping out the back way with swindled goodsRare
  • 籠城作戦ろうじょうさくせんstrategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building)Rare
  • 釣り籠つりかごangler's basket; creelRare
  • 皮籠かわごbaskets wrapped in paper, bark or skinRare

With the JLPT kanji plus 籠, you can read 68 words that use 籠.

  • 籠 かご basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
  • 籠もる こもる to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to seclude oneself; to…
  • 籠手 こて bracer (arm guard used in archery)
  • 手籠 てかご handbasket
  • 目籠 めかご openwork bamboo basket

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