Japanese Kanji

rou

basket · devote oneself · seclude oneself

Secondary school · 22 strokes

Readings

  • ONロウrou
  • ONru
  • KUNかごkago
  • KUNこ.めるko
  • KUNこも.るkomo

Meaning

Basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied.

Stroke order for 籠

籠 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. With 22 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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