Taxonomy of meanings for 籠:　　

  • 籠 lǒng (OC: b-rooŋʔ MC: luŋ) 力董切 上 廣韻：【竹器又龍聾二音 】
  • 籠 lóng (OC: b-roŋ MC: lioŋ) 力鍾切 平 廣韻：【𥳎籠竹車軬亦籦籠竹又力東力董二切 】
  • 籠 lóng (OC: b-rooŋ MC: luŋ) 盧紅切 平 廣韻：【西京雜記曰漢制天子以象牙爲火籠盧紅切又力董切二十七 】
    • CAGE
      • ncage; bird's cage
      • nadVin a cage LIAOZHAI: 籠養之 "rear in a cage"
      • vtoNfigurativeput in a cage> keep trapped
    • EARTH BASKET
      • nround bamboo basket without cover, used for carrying grain, but typically used for carryig earth, carried with straps on the back
    • MONOPOLISE
      • vtoNmonopolise
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    • QUIVER
      • nquiver
    • KITCHEN UTENSIL
      • VEHICLE PARTS
        • NOMINAL MEASURE WORD

        Additional information about 籠

        說文解字: 【籠】，舉土器也。一曰：笭也。从竹、龍聲。 【盧紅切】

          Criteria
        • EARTH BASKET

          1. The most current word for a basket designed to transport soil is lóng 籠.

          2. Kuì 簣 refers to an uncovered round bamboo basket for carrying earth.

          3. Běn 畚 refers to a small straw basket for carrying earth.

        • CAGE

          1. The xiá 柙 is a strong restrictive cage which may be very large so as to contain even tigers.

          2. Lóng 籠 is prototypically a bamboo bird cage, and the word also has figurative uses.

          3. Fán 樊 is a rare word referring to a bird's cage of some kind which we can no longer reconstruct.