Chinese symbol for “basket”
篮子
lán zi
Traditional: 籃子
basket; 只 (zhī)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for basket is 篮子 (lán zi), defined as: basket; 只 (zhī).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “basket”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 篮 (籃) | lán | basket (receptacle); basket (in basketball) |
| 筐 | kuāng | basket; 只 (zhī) |
| 篓 (簍) | lǒu | basket |
| 篓子 (簍子) | lǒu zi | basket |
| 篮筐 (籃筐) | lán kuāng | basket |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 篮子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 篮球 (籃球) | lán qiú | basketball; 个 (gè),只 (zhī) |
| 篮板 (籃板) | lán bǎn | backboard |
| 摇篮 (搖籃) | yáo lán | cradle (for a baby); (fig.) cradle; birthplace (of a civilization, movement etc) |
| 男篮 (男籃) | nán lán | men's basketball; men's basketball team |
| 投篮 (投籃) | tóu lán | (basketball) to shoot for the basket |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “basket”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.