Entry
  1. Noun

    bamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot

    Usually written using kana alone井籠 (rarely 井篭) refers to a square basket

  2. soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 蒸篭【せいろ】井籠【せいろ】井篭【せいろ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

steam, heat, sultry, foment, get musty

Kun
む.すむ.れるむ.らす
On
ジョウセイ
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1552 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 33

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-3-10, 2-3-9SKIP code
3k9.19The Kanji Dictionary
4433.1Four corner code
1940deroo
84b8Unicode hex code
1-30-88JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4002Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5163New Nelson (John Haig)
2334New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2936Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1508Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2043Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1900Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2049Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1721A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1981Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
950Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
31618PMorohashi
904A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
943Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
973Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
872Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
915henshall3
961Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
802Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
665Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1920Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zheng1Pinyin reading
jeungKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
33WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied

Kun
かごこ.めるこも.るこ.む
On
ロウ
Strokes
22
Taught
Junior high
Radical
bamboo

Built from

Used in names as

ごめもり

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
2-6-16SKIP code
6f16.1The Kanji Dictionary
8821.1, 8871.6Four corner code
7c60Unicode hex code
1-68-38JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3458Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4376New Nelson (John Haig)
2734New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3398Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2383Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2977Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
26752Morohashi
1888Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
long2, long3Pinyin reading
rongKorean reading