楼
high building, lookout, watchtower

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ロウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

たかどの

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:8
Strokes:13
JLPT:1
Frequency:2173

Vocabulary

ロウ

WordReadingMeaning
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

WordReadingMeaning
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

Visually Similar Kanji

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桜
cherry
Grade 5JLPT 1
株
counter for small plants, shares, stock, stocks, stump
Grade 6JLPT 1
委
committee, devote, discard, entrust to, leave to
Grade 3JLPT 2
林
forest, grove
Grade 1JLPT 2
枚
counter for flat thin objects or sheets, sheet of...
Grade 6JLPT 2
様
Esq., manner, polite suffix, situation, way
Grade 3JLPT 3
校
correction, exam, printing, proof, school
Grade 1JLPT 5
柄
build, character, crank, design, grip, handle, knob, nature, pattern, shaft
Grade 8JLPT 1
秋
autumn
Grade 2JLPT 4
柱
cylinder, pillar, post, support
Grade 3JLPT 2