笼
lónglǒng HSK7

cage

笼 (籠) lóng frequency
cage noun
an enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire, or other materials used to contain animals or objects

他把刚买的小鸟关进笼子里。

tā bǎ gāng mǎi de xiǎo​niǎo guān​jìn lóng zi lǐ.

He put the bird he just bought into a cage.

steamer basket measure word
a bamboo or metal container used for steaming food

服务员端上了一笼热腾腾的小笼包。

fú​wù​yuán duān​shàng le yī lóng rè​téng​téng de xiǎo​lóng​bāo.

The waiter brought out a steamer basket of piping hot soup dumplings.

笼 (籠) lǒng
envelop verb
to envelop or cover something completely

山谷里笼着一层淡淡的青雾。

shān​gǔ lǐ lǒng zhe yī céng dàn​dàn de qīng wù.

A thin layer of blue mist hung over the valley.

box noun
a large box or container

由于衣服太多，那个皮笼已经装不下了。

yóu​yú yī​fu tài duō, nà​gè pí​lóng yǐ​jīng zhuāng bù​xià le.

The leather trunk could not hold any more because there were too many clothes.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,928th most common 40.8 per million
Movie subtitles
2,091st most common 16.6 per million appears in 8% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.07 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
9.17 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
籠
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+7B3C

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)