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[di4 liu4] "sixth")), 等 (děng, to wait for).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 竹 bamboo12 strokesFrequency #2908⺮ semantic匡 phonetic

Definitions

  1. basket
  2. CL:隻|只

Etymology & Origin

筐

pictophoneticbamboo

Decomposition: ⿱⺮匡 (layout: top-bottom)

Components:⺮semantic匡phonetic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
篮筐lán kuāngbasket
箩筐luó kuānglarge wicker basket
筐箧中物kuāng qiè zhōng wùa commonplace thing
一箩筐yī luó kuāngbucketloads of
车筐chē kuāngbicycle basket
筐箧kuāng qièrectangular box or chest
驮筐tuó kuāngpannier
7
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
0.543486 co-occurrences
蟹xiè
0.37436 co-occurrences
竹zhú
0.373180 co-occurrences
狼láng
0.34554 co-occurrences
扶fú
0.34448 co-occurrences
肩jiān
0.34336 co-occurrences
扁piān
0.33830 co-occurrences
盈yíng
0.33530 co-occurrences
仔zǐ
0.33478 co-occurrences
体tǐ
0.321282 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.

Character Family

竹 Radical Family — Characters sharing the bamboo radical

笨bèn簸bǒ策cè筹chóu簇cù符fú竿gān管guǎn籍jí简jiǎn

Related Characters

笑xiào第dì等děng答dā笔bǐ筷kuài算suàn篇piān篮lán简jiǎn

Homophones — Characters pronounced kuāng

框kuàng狂kuáng况kuàng旷kuàng矿kuàng

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)), 狂 (mad), 况 (moreover), 旷 (to neglect), 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.