懂中文 Dong Chinese

籃

lán

basket

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 監 represents the sound.

Components
⺮ meaning component

⺮  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

監 sound component

監  Sound component

jiān, jiàn

  

watch carefully

Evolution

籃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
籃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
籃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

篮 (籃) 

lán

basket; basket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)

Most common words with 籃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

篮球

basketball

篮

basket (receptacle)

篮板

backboard

投篮

to shoot for the basket (basketball)

男篮

men's basketball