Memory phrase for the character: 笼

笼

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Meaning steam basket for dimsum 点心, cage

Pronunciation

lóng

Explanation

Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: dragon 龙 (The outstanding 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a winding dragon ノ)

Mnemonic
 
Made of bamboo and the fire dragon (=steam) comes through: The steam basket.

Radicals

竹 bamboo
龙 dragontraditionally 龍
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 Vocabulary

笼罩 lǒng zhào  to envelop; to shroud
笼统 lǒng tǒng  general; broad; in general terms; broadly speaking
笼络 lǒng luò  to win sb over
笼屉 lóng tì  bamboo steamer (for buns or dimsum)
笼屉 lóng tì  

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