籠

• 読み: かご
• ローマ字: kago
• 漢字の分解: 籠 (kago/rou) — basket, cage, bamboo container
• 発音: /ka.ɡo/

意味

Basket; cage. A woven container or an enclosure for animals.

A noun referring to woven containers made from bamboo, rattan, or wire, as well as cages for birds and small animals. Also written as かご in hiragana in casual contexts. Historically, 籠 also referred to the palanquin (駕籠) used for transportation in the Edo period. The word 鳥籠 (birdcage) remains common today.

例文

1. 買い物かごに野菜を入れた。
2. 鳥籠の中で小鳥が歌っている。
3. 洗濯物を籠に入れてください。

使い方ガイド

場面: shopping, household, pets

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 籠 combines 竹 (bamboo) and 龍 (dragon, here phonetic). Originally referred to bamboo woven containers in classical Chinese, as bamboo was the primary material for baskets.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal