What is "basket-with-handle"

The Ancient Egyptian (Wicker) Basket with Handle hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. V31 for a 'basket, iconographically portrayed as wicker, with handle'. The iconographic portrayals show either crossed lines, or blocks in various colors.

The basket-with-handle hieroglyph is used in the Ancient Egyptian language hieroglyphs for the alphabetic consonant letter k.