Chinese Printables Formerly Mandarin Poster
16 strokes20 strokes
Character #969 · The First 1000

lán

basket

basket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)

Strokes
1620
TraditionalSimplified
籃 篮
Poster cell
Q35
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • lánqiú basketball
  • yáolán cradle
  • lánbǎn backboard
  • lánzi basket
  • shànglán (basketball) layup
  • nǚlán women's basketball
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 篮籃

Write 篮籃 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, lán, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

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Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell Q35 · 28 × 36 grid

篮籃 is #969 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 篮 mean in English?
篮 (lán) means "basket": basket (receptacle); basket (in basketball).
How do you pronounce 篮?
篮 is pronounced lán in pinyin, with the second (rising) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄌㄢˊ.
How many strokes does 篮 have?
The simplified form, 篮, has 16 strokes. The traditional form, 籃, has 20.
What is the traditional form of 篮?
The traditional form of 篮 is 籃. 篮 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 籃 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 篮?
Common words that use 篮 include 篮球 (lánqiú, basketball), 摇篮 (yáolán, cradle), 篮板 (lánbǎn, backboard), 篮子 (lánzi, basket).
How common is 篮?
篮 is number 969 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell Q35 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.