Kanji
N1 22 strokes Grade 8

basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself, cage, coop

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

bamboo take

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

caged bird
ultra-fine lattice
window with an ultra-fine lattice (often on upper floors of traditional buildings, e.g. Kyoto townhouses)
hatago (type of Edo-period inn for travellers)
Edo-period hair style with inflated hair at the sides; lantern sideburns
archer's bracer; archer's armguard
archer's bracer; archer's armguard
garden lantern; hanging lantern

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper
shengjian mantou; shengjian bao
two people riding in a palanquin together (esp. a man and a woman)
Faraday cage
basket for tea ceremony instruments
"bird-in-the-cage" children's game
pillow made from bamboo or cane (for use during the summer)
palanquin
interior closed room with heavily plastered walls in a Heian palace

Example sentences

He sent me an affectionate letter.

He often shuts himself up in the study and writes things like this.

He has a large basket full of flowers.

Put everything in my basket.