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笱

gǒu

Character

What 笱 means

1. basket for trapping fish

Characters built on 竹

These share the phonetic component 竹 (zhú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 筹chóuchip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds)…
• 篝gōubamboo frame for drying clothes; bamboo cage
• 篓lǒubasket
• 筘kòu(a measure of width of cloth)
• 篼dōubamboo, rattan or wicker basket; sedan chair for mountain use (Cantonese)
• 篌hóuused in 箜篌

Sounds the same

Read gǒu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 狗dog
• 苟(literary) if indeed; (bound form) careless; negligent; (bound form) temporarily
• 岣name of a hill in Hunan
• 耇wrinkled face of the elderly
• 枸used in 枸骨; used in 枸杞
• 耈old variant of 耇
• 耉old variant of 耇