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TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
籠 character · B1 (est.)
籠 ＝ 竹 ＋ 龍
ㄌㄨㄥˊ · lóng
noun — basket, cage; lantern; (verb) to cover, envelop

字源 FORM — what the parts do

竹義bamboo — woven into the container
龍聲lóng — the dragon, here only the sound
Bamboo (竹) woven into something that holds — a basket, a cage. 龍 lóng carries the sound, nothing of the dragon. From the woven cage, what closes over a thing: 籠罩、燈籠.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

竹片一條條編密，圈成一個籠——鳥關在裡頭，飛不出去。
Strips of bamboo (竹) woven tight, bent into a cage — the bird inside, no way out.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)籠子、鳥籠— basket; cage常用
→燈籠— lantern — a cage of light
→籠罩— to cover, envelop常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
龍lóngthe phonetic standing alone — 龍 is the dragon, 籠 puts bamboo 竹 over it聾lóngsame 龍 series — ears 耳 instead of bamboo, gone deaf