栳 (lǎo): (in 栲栳) a round-bottomed wicker…

Meanings

奶奶用栲栳装着粮食。

Nǎinai yòng kǎolǎo zhuāng zhe liángshi.

Grandma carried the grain in a round wicker basket.

这种栲栳如今在农村已很少见了。

Zhèzhǒng kǎolǎo rújīn zài nóngcūn yǐ hěn shǎojiàn le.

Such wicker baskets are rarely seen in the countryside now.

usage

Only used in 栲栳 — a round-bottomed basket woven from willow or bamboo strips, traditionally used to hold grain. The character never appears alone.

radical

木 mù

tree; wood

Left 木 (wood), the indexing radical. A 栲栳 is woven from wooden willow or bamboo strips — the radical names the material.

phonetic

老 lǎo

old; phonetic

Right 老 supplies the sound exactly (lǎo = lǎo). It is purely phonetic here, with no meaning contribution to the basket.

栳 lǎo