籠 means “basket, cage”

かご · kago

Also: devote oneself, seclude oneself

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かご, こめる, こもる, こむ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ロウ, ル

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 22 strokes

The story

Bamboo (⺮) over a dragon (龍): picture a bamboo cage built strong enough to hold one. 籠 is a basket or cage, 鳥籠 a birdcage, 灯籠 the stone lanterns of shrines and gardens, and 籠もる is to shut yourself away indoors.

Used in 籠 (kago, basket/cage), 灯籠 (tourou, lantern), and 籠もる (komoru, to shut oneself in)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.