筐 (kuāng): basket, CL:隻|只

筐 (kuāng) is a Chinese character meaning “basket.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺮ (semantic) and 匡 (phonetic). It ranks #2908 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 筐 bamboo. Its radical form 竹 (bamboo) appears in many related characters such as 笑 (xiào, to laugh), 第 (dì, (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 "sixth")), 等 (děng, to wait for).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. basket
  2. CL:隻|只

Etymology & Origin

筐

pictophoneticbamboo

Decomposition: ⿱⺮匡 (layout: top-bottom)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
篮筐nounlán kuāngbasket
箩筐nounluó kuānglarge wicker basket
筐箧中物kuāng qiè zhōng wùa commonplace thing
一箩筐yī luó kuāngbucketloads of
车筐nounchē kuāngbicycle basket
筐箧kuāng qièrectangular box or chest
驮筐tuó kuāngpannier
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Total compounds
29
As first character
71
As last character
0
As middle character

筐 appears in 7 compound words: 29 as the first character, 71 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 筐 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

篮lán
0.535162 co-occurrences
蟹xiè
0.36912 co-occurrences
竹zhú
0.36860 co-occurrences
狼láng
0.34018 co-occurrences
扶fú
0.33916 co-occurrences
肩jiān
0.33812 co-occurrences
扁biǎn
0.33310 co-occurrences
盈yíng
0.33010 co-occurrences
仔zǐ
0.32926 co-occurrences
体tǐ
0.31694 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

筐箧中物kuāng qiè zhōng wùHSK 7+

a commonplace thing

phrase

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

我在字典里查到了筐字的详细解释。

wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le kuāng zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .

I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "筐" in the dictionary.

中国新闻网·生活Oct 2026

秋天一到,这些果子就被摘下来,装进筐里,运往天南地北,相信它们总有一款能甜到你心里。

qiū tiān yī dào , zhè xiē guǒ zǐ jiù bèi zhāi xià lái , zhuāng jìn kuāng lǐ , yùn wǎng tiān nán dì běi , xiāng xìn tā men zǒng yǒu yī kuǎn néng tián dào nǐ xīn lǐ .

As soon as fall arrives, these fruits are picked, packed into baskets, and shipped far and wide—and we’re sure there’s one among them that will sweeten your heart.

爱范儿Aug 2026

前面九仞靠 AI,最后一筐土还得人类自己搬。

qián miàn jiǔ 仞 kào A I , zuì hòu yī kuāng tǔ hái dé rén lèi zì jǐ bān .

The first nine ren rely on AI, but humans still have to carry the last basket of soil themselves.

少数派Jun 2026

把一大筐的蓝莓在翠湖公园里喂了松鼠一些。

bǎ yī dà kuāng de lán 莓 zài cuì hú gōng yuán lǐ wéi le sōng shǔ yī xiē .

I fed some of the blueberries from a big basket to the squirrels at Cuihu Park.

少数派Apr 2026

与雾尾没有交集的两人,为了吸引其注意奇招百出,荒唐事干了一箩筐,却成效甚微。

yǔ wù wěi méi yǒu jiāo jí de liǎng rén , wéi le xī yǐn qí zhù yì qí zhāo bǎi chū , huāng táng shì gān le yī 箩 kuāng , què chéng xiào shèn wēi .

The two, who had no connection to Wu Wei, tried every trick in the book to catch his attention and got up to all sorts of absurd antics, yet to little avail.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the ⺮ (bamboo) component

Homophones — Characters pronounced kuāng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 筐 (kuāng) mean in Chinese?
筐 (kuāng) primarily means "basket." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2908 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 筐 have?
筐 is written with 12 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 筐?
The radical associated with 筐 is 竹 (bamboo). This radical appears in many characters related to bamboo.
What are the components of 筐?
筐 is composed of: ⺮ (semantic), 匡 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱⺮匡 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 筐?
Common words with 筐 include: 篮筐 (lán kuāng, "basket"); 箩筐 (luó kuāng, "large wicker basket"); 筐箧中物 (kuāng qiè zhōng wù, "a commonplace thing"); 一箩筐 (yī luó kuāng, "bucketloads of"); 车筐 (chē kuāng, "bicycle basket"). There are over 7 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 筐 (kuāng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation kuāng: 框 (frame (e.g. door frame)), 况 (moreover), 狂 (mad), 矿 (mine, ore), and 1 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 筐 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 筐 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.