also: けこ · はなこ
flower basket
Only with reading はなかご / はなこ
A basket for holding or arranging flowers; a common everyday item.
I put the flowers I picked in the garden into a flower basket.
flower basket for scattering rituals
Only with reading はなかご / けこ
A Buddhist ritual implement, usually a basket or plate used for scattering flowers during ceremonies; typically read けこ.
At the memorial service, the monk scattered petals from the flower basket.
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling for the general 'flower basket' sense.
Full kanji spelling; also used for the Buddhist ritual sense with reading けこ.
Buddhist term; usually read けこ in this context.
Obsolete kana reading for the general sense; not used in modern Japanese.
Rare kanji form for the Buddhist ritual basket; 筥 is an uncommon character.
Compound of 花 (hana, 'flower') and 籠 (kago, 'basket'). The Buddhist reading けこ is a specialized Sino-Japanese reading of the same characters.