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

Meanings

1 (in 栲栳) a round-bottomed wicker basket

Characters

栳

lǎo

(in 栲栳) wicker basket

Examples

HSK 7-9

奶奶用栲栳装着粮食。

Nǎinai yòng kǎolǎo zhuāng zhe liángshi.

Grandma carried the grain in a round wicker basket.

HSK 7-9

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.

Tips

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.

Components

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

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

Stroke Order

栳 lǎo

Related Words

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basket

来回 láihuí HSK 7-9 #6,445

back and forth; to and fro / a round trip

笼子 lóngzi HSK 7-9 #5,260

cage / coop / basket

轮 lún HSK 4 #1,124

wheel / round; turn / steamship

粒 lì HSK 7-9 #6,194

grain; granule / measure word for small round things (grains, pills, bullets, seeds)

回合 huíhé #4,874

round (of a contest) / bout / encounter

鼓掌 gǔzhǎng HSK 5 #3,681

to applaud; to clap / to give a round of applause

决赛 juésài HSK 3 #2,443

finals / final round (of a competition)

合 hé HSK 3 #1,830

to close; to shut / to join; to combine; to merge / to fit; to suit; to agree with / to be equal to; to add up to / whole; entire; together / round (of a contest or battle)

饼 bǐng HSK 5 #1,714

round flat cake / cookie / pastry