篮
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basket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 2
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 竹 +10
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 籃
- Common rank
- #1,998
- Unicode
- U+7BEE
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
basket · Heisig RSH #1140
竹 bamboo + hidden camera
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 篮
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 竹篮打水，一场空 | using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort | |
| 男子篮球 | men's basketball | |
| 竹篮打水 | using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort | |
| 菜篮子 | vegetable or food basket; (fig.) food supply | |
| 篮球场 | basketball court | |
| 提篮儿 | a basket | |
| 篮网球 | netball | |
| 篮板球 | rebound (basketball) | |
| 投篮机 | arcade basketball machine; miniature hoops | |
| 美职篮 | National Basketball Association (NBA) | |
| 篮球队 | basketball team | |
| 篮子 | basket; CL:隻|只[zhi1] | |
| 上篮 | (basketball) layup | |
| 车篮 | bicycle basket | |
| 篮球 | basketball; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] | |
| 女篮 | women's basketball; women's basketball team | |
| 捡到篮里就是菜 | all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom) | |
| 篮板 | backboard | |
| 提篮 | a basket | |
| 摇篮曲 | lullaby |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 监 — compare how they read.