篮
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basket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)
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How 篮 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺮ (semantic, “bamboo”) + 监 (phonetic, jiān)
How to remember it
basket · Heisig RSH #1140
竹 bamboo + hidden camera
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 监
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 监 (jiān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 监 sound component | jiān | to supervise, to direct, to control; to inspect; prison, jail |
| 蓝 | lán | blue; indigo plant; surname |
| 滥 | làn | to flood, to overflow; excessive |
| 槛 | kǎn | threshold, door frame |
| 尴 | gān | embarrassed; ill-at-ease |
| 褴 | lán | ragged, tattered, threadbare |
Words containing 篮
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 竹篮打水，一场空 | zhú lán dǎ shuǐ , yī cháng kōng | using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort |
| 男子篮球 | nán zǐ lán qiú | men's basketball |
| 竹篮打水 | zhú lán dǎ shuǐ | using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort |
| 菜篮子 | cài lán zi | vegetable or food basket; (fig.) food supply |
| 篮球场 | lán qiú chǎng | basketball court |
| 提篮儿 | tí lán r | a basket |
| 篮网球 | lán wǎng qiú | netball |
| 篮板球 | lán bǎn qiú | rebound (basketball) |
| 投篮机 | tóu lán jī | arcade basketball machine; miniature hoops |
| 美职篮 | Měi Zhí Lán | National Basketball Association (NBA) |
| 篮球队 | lán qiú duì | basketball team |
| 篮子 | lán zi | basket; CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 上篮 | shàng lán | (basketball) layup |
| 车篮 | chē lán | bicycle basket |
| 篮球 | lán qiú | basketball; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 女篮 | nǚ lán | women's basketball; women's basketball team |
| 捡到篮里就是菜 | jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì cài | all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom) |
| 篮板 | lán bǎn | backboard |
| 提篮 | tí lán | a basket |
| 摇篮曲 | yáo lán qǔ | lullaby |