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楼

楼 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. たかどの。御殿。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「樓」の草書体に由来する略体。「樓」については当該項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

watchtower, lookout, high building

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ロウJHS
Kun (native)
  • たかどの
Other languages
  • 拼音lou2
  • 한글ru
  • Hán-ViệtLâu
  • Hán-ViệtLầu

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+697C

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木娄

Words using this kanji

  • 楼閣ろうかく重層の立派な建物。multistoried building, castle, palace, shrine
  • 楼ろう（ロウ）高い建物。 （たかどの）高い建物。tower, tall building, belvedere, turret
  • 楼門ろうもんtwo-storied gate, tower gate
  • 楼観ろうかん物見のための高殿。watchtower
  • 楼主ろうしゅ酒楼、妓楼など「楼」を称する家の主人。owner of a brothel or restaurant
  • 楼上ろうじょう楼閣の上。on top of a tall building, balcony, upper floor
  • 楼台ろうだいlofty building, tall building

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Similar-looking kanji

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-9
Four Corner
4994.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a9.10
Heisig
999
Nelson
2322