楼 (high building, lookout, watchtower) - Kanji Codex

楼

high building, lookout, watchtower

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ロウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

たかどの

Stroke Order

13 / 13

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:13

JLPT:1

Frequency:2173

Vocabulary

ロウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
楼閣	ロウカク	multistoried building; castle; palace; shrine
鐘楼	ショウロウ	belfry; bell tower
摩天楼	マテンロウ	skyscraper
蜃気楼	シンキロウ	mirage
画楼	ガロウ	high decorated building; picture-perfect mansion; stately home that looks as if it were from a painting

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
鐘楼	しゅろう	belfry; bell tower
迦楼羅	かるら	Garuda (man-bird deity and 'vahana' of Hindu-Buddhist myth); Garua
楼	ろう	tower; tall building; belvedere; turret; lookout; watchtower; brothel
白玉楼中の人となる	はくぎょくろうちゅうのひととなる	to die (of a poet, artist, etc.)
砂上の楼閣	さじょうのろうかく	house built on sand; house of cards

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