篮筐
lán​kuāng

basket

篮 lán basket Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 监 represents the sound. Simplified form of 籃.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

监
监 Sound component
jiān watch carefully

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

筐 kuāng bamboo basket or chest

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

bamboo

匡
匡 Sound component
kuāng, wāng correct

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhjwangk-pʰaŋsquare basket
Zhengzhangkʰʷaŋ
Unicodekiuɑng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

籃 lán basket Traditional

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

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

監
監 Sound component
jiān watch carefully

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlamk.rˤam basket

說文解字

《說文》：“籃，大篝也。从竹，監聲。，古文籃如此。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)