篮筐 (lán kuāng) — basket (especially a basketball hoop) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

basket (especially a basketball hoop)

Measure word · 个

Examples

篮筐。
Tā bǎ qiú tóu jìn le lán kuāng.
He threw the ball into the basket.
篮筐。
Zhè ge lán kuāng shì yòng tiě zuò de.
This basket is made of iron.
，篮筐。
Bǐ sài shí, qiú yuán men nǔ lì bǎ qiú tóu jìn lán kuāng.
During the game, the players tried hard to shoot the ball into the basket.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

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

篮 (basket) and 筐 (hoop) combine to refer to a basketball hoop.

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 籃; 篮 is its simplified writing.

竹監籃

Meaning part形符xíngfú

竹竹zhúbamboo

Sound part声符shēngfú

監

監jiān籃lán

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 籃 puts 竹 (bamboo) over 監, which gives the sound; the simplified 篮 is a later shorthand.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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