笼

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enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket; steamer basket

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺮ meaning “bamboo” + 龙 sound ( lóng )

Components ⺮龙

cage · Heisig RSH #2937

竹 bamboo + 龙 dragon

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大红灯笼高高挂	Dà hóng Dēng lóng Gāo gāo Guà	Raise the Red Lantern (1991), movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀\|张艺谋[Zhang1 Yi4 mou2]
法拉第笼	Fǎ lā dì lóng	(physics) Faraday cage
小笼包	xiǎo lóng bāo	steamed dumpling
小笼汤包	xiǎo lóng tāng bāo	steamed soup dumpling
八角笼	bā jiǎo lóng	MMA octagon (octagonal cage used for mixed martial arts bouts)
灯笼花	dēng lóng huā	Chinese enkianthus
灯笼鱼	dēng lóng yú	lantern fish
笼子	lóng zi	cage; basket; container
笼子	lǒng zi	large box; trunk; chest
笼头	lóng tou	headstall; bridle
地笼	dì lóng	cage-like fish trap
灯笼果	dēng lóng guǒ	cape gooseberry; Peruvian ground-cherry; Physalis peruviana
气笼	qì lóng	air pipe; bamboo air pipe used to aerate granary
出笼	chū lóng	(of food) to be taken out of the steamer; (fig.) (often used with 紛紛\|纷纷[fen1 fen1]) (of pr…
笼火	lóng huǒ	to make a fire
回笼	huí lóng	to steam again; to rewarm food in a bamboo steamer; to withdraw currency from circulation
笼嘴	lóng zuǐ	muzzle (device)
笼鸟	lóng niǎo	a caged bird
鸟笼	niǎo lóng	birdcage
猪笼草	zhū lóng cǎo	tropical pitcher plant (i.e. genus Nepenthes)

Characters sharing the sound component 龙 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
龙 sound part	lóng	dragon; symbol of the emperor
宠	chǒng	to love; to favor, to pamper, to spoil; concubine
拢	lǒng	to collect, to bring together
聋	lóng	deaf
陇	lǒng	a mountain located in the Shanxi provice
垄	lǒng	grave, mound; furrow, ridge
珑	lóng	the tinkling of jewelry
泷	lóng	raining; wet, soaked; rapids; a river in Guangdong
胧	lóng	blurry, obscured; the condition or appearance of the moon
茏	lóng	tall grass; water-weeds
咙	lóng	throat
眬	lóng	faint, fuzzy, blurry
砻	lóng	millstone; to grind, to mill
垅	lǒng	grave, mound; furrow, ridge
栊	lóng	cage, pen; grating