lónglǒng

cage

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
⺮ meaning component

  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of .

龍 sound component

  Sound component

lóng

  

dragon

Evolution

籠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
籠 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
籠 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
籠 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

lóng

cage; cage-like basket; enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; basket; steamer basket; to cover; to cage; to embrace; to manipulate through trickery

() 

lǒng

covering; also pr. [lóng]

Most common words with 籠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

笼子

cage

笼罩

to envelop

cage

灯笼

lantern

回笼

to steam again