箩筐 (luó kuāng) — large bamboo or wicker basket

Definition

noun
large bamboo or wicker basket
Measure word · 只

Examples

  • 箩筐。
    Tā yòng luó kuāng tiāo zhe liǎng dà kǔn dào cǎo.
    He carried two big bundles of rice straw with a large wicker basket on a shoulder pole.
  • 箩筐。
    Nǎi nai bǎ gāng zhāi de shū cài fàng jìn luó kuāng lǐ.
    Grandma put the freshly picked vegetables into the large bamboo basket.
  • 箩筐。
    Shì chǎng shàng duī mǎn le zhuāng shuǐ guǒ de luó kuāng.
    The market was piled high with large baskets full of fruit.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

箩luóbasket
筐kuāngbasket

箩 and 筐 are both basket terms, so together they refer to baskets generally.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 籮; 箩 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
竹竹zhúbamboo
Sound part声符shēngfú
羅
羅luó籮luó
Same sound today

The traditional form 籮 pairs 竹 (bamboo), the basket's material, with 羅 for its sound; the simplified 箩 is a later shorthand.

Open 箩 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 筐 →

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