篓 meaning and stroke order
Bamboo basket
How to write 篓, stroke by stroke
15 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 篓
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- basket
How 篓 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Bamboo.
⺮ gives the meaning and 娄 hints at the sound.
Radical: ⺮ (bamboo), shared by 149 characters on this site.
How to remember 篓
The bamboo top ⺮ tells you the meaning, and 娄 (lóu) below gives the sound. Picture a basket woven from bamboo strips that sounds like lóu: 篓 (lǒu).
篓 usually appears in compounds for baskets or containers, especially woven ones, like 竹篓 (zhúlǒu, bamboo basket) and 字纸篓 (zìzhǐlǒu, wastepaper basket). Example: 他背着一个竹篓去山上采茶。 (Tā bēizhe yí ge zhúlǒu qù shān shang cǎi chá.) He carried a bamboo basket up the mountain to pick tea.
Common mistake: Learners often read 篓 with the second tone of its phonetic part 娄 (lóu), but 篓 is third tone, lǒu. Also do not confuse it with 楼 (lóu, building), which has the wood radical 木 instead of bamboo ⺮.
Questions about 篓
How many strokes are in 篓?
篓 is written with 15 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 篓 mean?
篓 (lǒu) means bamboo basket.
How do you pronounce 篓?
篓 is pronounced lǒu, in the third tone (dipping).
What is the radical of 篓?
The radical of 篓 is ⺮, which carries the idea of "bamboo". Dictionaries list 篓 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 篓?
The traditional form of 篓 is 簍. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 篓 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
What does 篓子 (lǒuzi) mean in casual speech?
Besides meaning a basket, 篓子 is used colloquially in 捅篓子 (tǒng lǒuzi), which means to cause trouble or make a mess of things. For example, 你又捅篓子了 means 'You messed things up again.'
What is the difference between 篓 and 篮 (lán)?
篮 is the common word for a basket, often one with a handle, as in 篮子 (lánzi) or 篮球 (lánqiú, basketball). 篓 tends to mean a deeper basket or container, often carried on the back or used for waste, like 纸篓 (zhǐlǒu).