懂中文 Dong Chinese

籠

lóng, lǒng

cage

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

Components
⺮ meaning component

⺮  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

龍 sound component

龍  Sound component

lóng

  

dragon

Evolution

籠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
籠 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
籠 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
籠 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

笼 (籠) 

lóng

cage; cage-like basket; enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; basket; steamer basket; to cover; to cage; to embrace; to manipulate through trickery

笼 (籠) 

lǒng

covering; also pr. [lóng]

Most common words with 籠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

笼子

cage

笼罩

to envelop

笼

cage

灯笼

lantern

回笼

to steam again