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Chinese symbol for “confinement”

樊笼
fán lóng
Traditional: 樊籠
bird cage; (fig.) prison; confinement

The closest CC-CEDICT match for confinement is 樊笼 (fán lóng), defined as: bird cage; (fig.) prison; confinement.

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

樊 fán
railing, fence, enclosed place
radical 75 ⽊ · 15 strokes
笼 lóng
basket; cage; bamboo basket used to serve dimsum
radical 118 ⽵ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 樊笼.

WordPinyinMeaning
樊篱 (樊籬)fán lí(lit.) fence; hedge; (fig.) restriction
灯笼 (燈籠)dēng lónglantern
笼罩 (籠罩)lǒng zhàoto envelop; to shroud
笼子 (籠子)lóng zicage; basket; container
笼统 (籠統)lǒng tǒnggeneral; broad
牢笼 (牢籠)láo lóngcage; trap (e.g. basket, pit or snare for catching animals)

See also: Japanese symbol for “confinement”.

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.

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