懂中文 Dong Chinese

篮

lán

basket

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

Components
⺮ meaning component

⺮  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

监 sound component

监  Sound component

jiān, jiàn

  

watch carefully

Evolution

篮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
篮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
篮 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
篮 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

篮 (籃) 

lán

basket; basket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)

Most common words with 篮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

篮球

basketball

篮

basket (receptacle)

篮板

backboard

投篮

to shoot for the basket (basketball)

男篮

men's basketball