籠目

Compound of 籠 (kago, “basket”) +‎ 目 (me, “eye, hole”).[1]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) かごめ [kàgómé] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡo̞me̞]

籠目 (hiragana かごめ, rōmaji kagome)

1. A kagome lattice; an arrangement of laths composed of interlaced triangles such that each point where two laths cross has four neighboring points. Although called a lattice, it is more closely related to trihexagonal tiling than to a mathematical lattice.
2. Short for 籠目籠目 (かごめかごめ) (kagome kagome): the "bird-in-the-cage"; a Japanese children's game, similar to English children's games, like tag and blind man's bluff.
3. Short for 籠目紋 (かごめもん) (kagome mon): a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) featuring the shape of a six-pointed star, like the Star of David, appearing in the intersections of a kagome lattice in the design.