廊

corridor, hall, tower

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ロウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

12 / 12

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:12

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1598

Vocabulary

ロウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
画廊	ガロウ	art gallery (esp. artworks for sale); picture gallery
回廊	カイロウ	corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
廊下	ロウカ	corridor; hallway; passageway
歩廊	ホロウ	corridor; gallery; platform; passageway
柱廊	チュウロウ	pillared corridor

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
渡り廊下	わたりろうか	roofed corridor connecting two buildings; connecting passageway; skyway; skybridge; skywalk
中廊下	なかろうか	central corridor; middle corridor
廊	ろう	corridor; passage; hall
ポーランド回廊	ポーランドかいろう	Polish Corridor
外廊下	そとろうか	exterior hallway (esp. of an apartment building); open-air corridor

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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adjusted, alike, equal, similar variety of

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instant, namely, as is, conform, agree, adapt

node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody

outline, condition, approximation, generally

widow, minority, few

mail, stagecoach stop