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籠 means 'seclude'

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Strokes : 22    JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-50    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 24 words   Used in 118 words   Used in 225 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ロウ
Kun
   こもる to seclude oneself   かご basket
Additional readings
Kun    -ご
Variants
笼 (Chinese)   篭  
Notes
This is the official form, despite using the older form of dragon as a component.
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Do you know about the kagome pattern or the “bird in the cage” game? Do you know who was called a “caged bird” or how insect cages influenced Kyoto architecture? Do you know how baskets helped when crossing valleys? With this essay you’ll learn all that plus terms for shutting oneself up in one’s study, bottling up discontent, and stammering. Oh, and several words for lanterns!
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Components
⿱  ⺮ (竹) bamboo  龍 (竜) dragon  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 籠 is used 4 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 籠 is used 73 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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ロウ : 24 words FIND ALL
ろ う じ ょ う 0 ろ う じ ょ う 1
1. holding a castle (during a siege); holing up
2. confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
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かご : 34 words FIND ALL
か ご 0
Most common form: かご
noun
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage  (often written with kana only)
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こもる (read as ご) : 14 words FIND ALL
noun
baskets wrapped in paper, bark or skin
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こもる : 1 word FIND ALL
こ も る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to seclude oneself; to be confined in  (often written with kana only)
2. to be filled (e.g. with emotion, satire, etc.); to be heavy (with)  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 46 less common words include 籠 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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More information
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Additional data
Henshall: -  Joy o' Kanji : 1983  Key to Kanji: - 

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籠
ロウ   こもる to seclude oneself   かご basket   
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⺮
bamboo
龍
リュウ   たつ dragon   
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
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