笼 lóng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 龙 dragon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
笼子
lóngzi
cage
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 动物保护组织批评景区把野鸟关在狭小的笼子里展示。 Dòngwù bǎohù zǔzhī pīpíng jǐngqū bǎ yěniǎo guān zài xiáxiǎo de lóngzi lǐ zhǎnshì. Animal protection groups criticised the scenic area for displaying wild birds in cramped cages.
- 小鸟飞出笼子，落在窗外的树枝上。 Xiǎoniǎo fēi chū lóngzi, luò zài chuāng wài de shùzhī shàng. The little bird flew out of the cage and landed on a branch outside the window.
- 我家的兔子晚上要关进笼子里睡觉。 Wǒ jiā de tùzi wǎnshang yào guān jìn lóngzi lǐ shuìjiào. Our rabbit has to be put in its cage to sleep at night.