He thought that it was like a bird cage.
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笼
Traditional: 籠
lóng
lóng · lung4 (Jyutping)
- enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket
- steamer basket
lǒng · lung4 (Jyutping)
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Character breakdown
笼
- Meaning
- cage; cage-like basket
- Radical
- ⺮
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- ⿱⺮龙
- Cangjie
- HIKP
- Four-corner
- 8841
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Example sentences
A caged cricket eats just as much as a free cricket.
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