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筐 kuāng bamboo basket

bamboo basket; chest

How to remember 筐: 𥫗 bamboo + 匡 square frame = bamboo basket. Grandma weaves strips of bamboo around a square frame and carries the apples home in her new bamboo basket.

  • HSK 8
  • 12 strokes
  • Radical ⺮

Component breakdown

筐 = 𥫗 bamboo + 匡 square frame

  • 𥫗 bamboo
  • 匡 square frame
The Gushi story

Grandma weaves strips of bamboo around a square frame and carries the apples home in her new bamboo basket.

How it is used

  • A basket (woven, often of bamboo) - 竹筐 (zhúkuāng) bamboo basket, 一筐苹果 (yì kuāng píngguǒ) a basket of apples, 菜筐 (càikuāng) a vegetable basket.
  • Also basketball slang: 投进筐里 (tóujìn kuāng li) to sink it in the hoop. Concrete measure/container word.