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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 樊笼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 樊篱 (樊籬) | fán lí | (lit.) fence; hedge; (fig.) restriction |
| 灯笼 (燈籠) | dēng lóng | lantern |
| 笼罩 (籠罩) | lǒng zhào | to envelop; to shroud |
| 笼子 (籠子) | lóng zi | cage; basket; container |
| 笼统 (籠統) | lǒng tǒng | general; broad |
| 牢笼 (牢籠) | láo lóng | cage; 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.