WHOLE CHARACTER
篮
a basket (woven container); the hoop; basketball
篮 is the bamboo crown over 监: a woven 竹篮 'basket', and 篮球 'basketball' with its hoop.
ZDIC: 形声，从竹、监声 — the bamboo crown over 监 as the sound side.
Rare & Complextop / bottom
篮
a basket (woven container); the hoop; basketball
篮 is the bamboo crown over 监: a woven 竹篮 'basket', and 篮球 'basketball' with its hoop.
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WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
top / bottom
ZDIC: 形声，从竹、监声 — the bamboo crown over 监 as the sound side.
TOP: THE BAMBOO CROWN — BASKETS ARE WOVEN FROM BAMBOO (THE BOUND FORM OF 竹)
⺮
bamboo (from 竹)
The paired bamboo crown (the bound top of 竹); the written top of bamboo-related characters; not a standalone word.
In 篮: top: the bamboo crown — baskets are woven from bamboo (the bound form of 竹) Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.
BOTTOM: THE OLD SOUND SIDE 监 (JIĀN)
监
to watch; to supervise
The old sound side named by ZDIC for 蓝 and 篮; lán shares the -an rhyme part with jiān, with different initials (l-/j-) and tones.
In 篮: bottom: the old sound side 监 (jiān) A historical sound side, not a modern hint: lán shares the -an rhyme part with jiān; the initials (l-/j-) and tones (2/1) differ.
Tone 2
- a basket (woven container)
- the hoop; basketball
- 篮球basketball
- 竹篮a bamboo basket
- 花篮a flower basket
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