Nihoner
漢字 Kanji list Games
Log in Play Kanji Duel
筐

Bamboo Basket

On’yomiきょう
Kun’yomiかたみ・かご・はこ
12 strokes Radical 竹 bamboo
書き順 · Stroke order

How to write 筐

Stroke order is not decoration — it determines how the character looks handwritten and how dictionaries index it.

筐
12 strokes
✎ Now write it yourself

Draw it on screen and be marked on stroke order and direction.

分解 · What it is made of

The parts of 筐

Almost every kanji is built from a small set of reusable parts. Learn the parts once and you stop memorising thousands of unrelated shapes.

部首 · Radical

The radical of 筐

竹 Radical 118 of 214
Bamboo

The radical is the part a paper dictionary files a kanji under, and it usually hints at meaning. 筐 is filed under 竹 (bamboo) — radical number 118 of the 214 in the Kangxi system.

Other kanji built on 竹

練習 · Practice

Drill 筐 right now

Three quick games built from this character's real data. Your streak is kept in this browser.

0Streak
0Best
0Correct
筐Tap to reveal
Bamboo Basket きょう かたみ・かご・はこ
筐
What does it mean?
—
Which kanji is it?
熟語 · In real words

Words that use 筐

Kanji are almost never met alone. These are the most common words built from this character, ordered by how often they actually appear in Japanese.

筐体 きょうたい case (of a machine, computer, etc.); casing; cabinet (arcade games)

Think you know which kanji is more common?

Kanji Duel pits 筐 and 3,000 others head to head. One life. How long can you last?

Enter the Duel →
質問 · Questions

About the kanji 筐

What does the kanji 筐 mean?

筐 means Bamboo Basket.

How do you read the kanji 筐?

筐 is read on'yomi (Chinese-derived) きょう; kun'yomi (native Japanese) かたみ、かご、はこ.

How many strokes does 筐 have?

筐 is written with 12 strokes. The animated diagram on this page shows the correct order.

What is the radical of 筐?

The radical of 筐 is 竹 (bamboo), radical number 118 of the 214 Kangxi radicals. The radical is the component a dictionary files the character under, and it usually points at the character's meaning.

What parts is the kanji 筐 made of?

筐 is built from 竹 (bamboo) and 匡 (correct). Learning kanji as combinations of a few hundred reusable components is far more efficient than memorising each character as a separate shape.

What words use the kanji 筐?

Common words written with 筐 include 筐体 (きょうたい, case (of a machine, computer, etc.); casing; cabinet (arcade games)).

読

None of this is being saved

Signed in, we would remember every character you have looked at — and write you reading you can actually get through, built from exactly those.

Start remembering — free
Free account · 3 passages a day · no card