Chinese Character 篮 Meanings and components.

Form

篮

Meaning

篮 meaning[3] in English

Basket (Receptacle).

Basket (In Basketball).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 篮 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are bamboo (竹) , and to supervise (监)

Its radical[1] is: 竹 (zhu2) which means: Bamboo, Cl:棵[Ke1],支[Zhi1],根[Gen1], Kangxi Radical 118, .竹zhu2bamboo

In cangjie it is written with HLIT

How to write 篮

To write篮lan2basket (receptacle) you should write a combination of 竹zhu2bamboo , 监jian1to supervise arranged in a 吕 shape:

竹 + 监 = 篮

篮 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 篮 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 篮, looks as follow:

篮
Pinyin:lan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Basket (Receptacle) . Basket (In Basketball)
竹
Pinyin:zhu2
Meaning[3]: Bamboo . Cl:棵[Ke1],支[Zhi1],根[Gen1] . Kangxi Radical 118
亇
Pinyin:ma5 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 個|个[Ge4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
*
Pinyin:*
亅
Pinyin:jue2
Meaning[3]: 'Vertical Stroke With Hook' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 6) . See Also 豎鉤|竖钩[Shu4 Gou1]
监
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Supervise . To Inspect . Jail . Prison
皿
Pinyin:min3
Meaning[3]: Dish . Vessel . Shallow Container . Rad. No. 108

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

  • Wiktionary Page for 篮in English or Chinese