楼 — kanji meaning “watchtower”
楼
watchtower, lookout, high building
- Meanings
- watchtower, lookout, high building
- On'yomi
- ロウ (rou)
- Kun'yomi
- たかどの
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2173 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- lóu — Chinese character page
Words with 楼
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 摩天楼 | まてんろう matenrou | skyscraper |
| 鐘楼 | しょうろう shourou | belfry; bell tower |
| 楼閣 | ろうかく roukaku | multistoried building; castle; palace |
| 蜃気楼 | しんきろう shinkirou | mirage |
| 楼門 | ろうもん roumon | two-storied gate; tower gate |
| 望楼 | ぼうろう bourou | watchtower; observation tower; lookout |
| 妓楼 | ぎろう girou | brothel |
| 高楼 | こうろう kourou | tall building; tower |
| 酒楼 | しゅろう shurou | restaurant |
| 白玉楼 | はくぎょくろう hakugyokurou | celestial tower where poets, artists, etc. were said to go in the afterlife |
| 迦楼羅 | かるら karura | Garuda (man-bird deity and 'vahana' of Hindu-Buddhist myth); Garua |
| 画楼 | がろう garou | high decorated building |
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