楼
楼 — Watchtower
watchtower, lookout, high building
On’yomiロウ (rou)
Kun’yomiたかどの (takadono)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 楼
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 楼閣 | ろうかく roukaku | multistoried building; castle; palace |
| 蜃気楼 | しんきろう shinkirou | mirage |
| 摩天楼 | まてんろう matenrou | skyscraper |
| 鐘楼 | しょうろう shourou | belfry; bell tower |
Study notes
楼 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2173 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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