lǒu

bamboo basket

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
⺮ meaning component

  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of .

娄 sound component

  Sound component

lóu

  

surname

Evolution

篓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
篓 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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lǒu

bamboo basket; basket

Most common words with 篓
Freq.
Word
Meaning

篓子

basket

basket

背篓

a basket carried on the back

字纸篓

wastepaper basket

驮篓

pannier