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廊 — Corridor

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary school#1598 most used
corridor, hall, tower
On’yomiロウ (rou)
Kun’yomi

Stroke order (12 strokes)

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Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 廊

WordReadingMeaning
画廊がろう
garou
art gallery (esp. artworks for sale); picture gallery
廊下ろうか
rouka
corridor; hallway; passageway
回廊かいろう
kairou
corridor; gallery; hallway
渡り廊下わたりろうか
watarirouka
roofed corridor connecting two buildings; connecting passageway; skyway

Study notes

廊 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1598 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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