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楼
JLPT N1 13 strokes Frequency: #2173

Meanings

Watchtower, Lookout, High Building

Radicals

木

Decomposition

⿰木娄

Etymology

Pictophonetic: wood

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 13

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top
2 vertical right-to-left
3 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
4 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
5 dot right-to-left
6 diagonal right-to-left
7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
8 vertical right-to-left
9 diagonal right-to-left
10 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
11 curve bottom-right-to-top-left
12 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
13 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ロウ rou
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
たかどの takadono

Words Using This Kanji

33 words total
Other (13 words)
楼上 ろうじょう

on top of a tall building

鳳楼 ほうろう

tower crowned by a representation of the Chinese firebird

砂上の楼閣 さじょうのろうかく

house built on sand

塔楼 とうろう

tall building

殿楼 でんろう

high palace tower

船首楼 せんしゅろう

forecastle

紅楼 こうろう

family or brothel with a beautiful woman

福建土楼 ふっけんどろう

Fujian tulou (traditional rural dwellings in Fujian, China)

土楼 どろう

tulou (traditional rural dwelling in Fujian, China)

井楼 せいろう

wooden watchtower

鼓楼 ころう

temple tower housing a drum for marking the passing of time

楼台 ろうだい

lofty building

紅楼夢 こうろうむ

Dream of the Red Chamber (18th century novel by Cao Xueqin)

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