enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc / cage / basket / steamer basket / to cover / to cage / to embrace / to manipulate through trickery

= + : Lenny Lemur (lu) prepared dim sum in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). As the dragon (龙) smells the dim sum he wants to try some, but Lenny Lemur (lu) covers (笼) the flat bamboo basket (笼) with a bamboo stick (⺮) to prevent the dragon from stealing the dim sum.
to cover / to cage / covering / also pr. [long2]

笼 character breakdown

"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)

Mnemonic symbol: a bamboo stick.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is cooking bamboo shoots in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He's cooking them in a large pot and stirs them with a bamboo stick (⺮).
bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118

= 𠂉 + + : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is weaving a bamboo basket (竹) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He is using a key (𠂉), a dinosaur bone (丨) and a crowbar (亅) as basis structure and connects the three stays by weaving soft bamboo (竹) around them.
surname Long

= 𠂇 + + : Lenny Lemur and a dragon are cutting little paper dragons out of petal leafs using scissors just inside the engine's kitchen. Until they are ready to cut the next petal leaf they keep the leaves in a ladle.
dragon / CL:條|条[tiao2] / imperial

= 𠂇 + + : Lenny Lemur and a dragon are cutting little paper dragons out of petal leafs using scissors just inside the engine's kitchen. Until they are ready to cut the next petal leaf they keep the leaves in a ladle.

Characters with 笼 as component

笼 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 笼

cage / basket / container
to envelop / to shroud
general / broad / sweeping / lacking in detail / vague
steamer basket (e.g. for dim sum)
to coax / to beguile / to win over
headstall / bridle
sarong (loanword)
tropical pitcher plant (i.e. genus Nepenthes)
to fall into a trap / ensnared
bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner
muzzle (device)
bamboo steamer (for buns or dim sum)
cage (for animals)
(mining) mine cage
cage for singing cicada
cylindrical bamboo or wire frame used to constrain a pig during transport

Sentences with 笼

笼 currently does not appear in any sentence.