Kanji
楼
kanji character
watchtower
lookout
high building
楼 kanji-楼 watchtower, lookout, high building
楼
Meaning
watchtower lookout and high building
Readings
Kun'yomi
- たかどの
On'yomi
- ろう かく multistoried building
- しょう ろう belfry
- まてん ろう skyscraper
Practice Writing
Stroke: 1/13
Related Entries
Common Words
-
楼 閣 multistoried building, castle, palace... -
楼 tower, tall building, belvedere... -
鐘 楼 belfry, bell tower -
摩 天 楼 skyscraper -
蜃 気 楼 mirage -
楼 門 two-storied gate, tower gate -
楼 観 watchtower -
楼 主 owner of a brothel or restaurant -
楼 上 on top of a tall building, balcony, upper floor -
楼 台 lofty building, tall building -
画 楼 high decorated building, picture-perfect mansion, stately home that looks as if it were from a painting -
高 楼 tall building, tower -
望 楼 watchtower, observation tower, lookout -
登 楼 climbing a tower, going up a tall building, visiting a brothel -
青 楼 officially sanctioned brothel (Edo-period) -
層 楼 tall building -
妓 楼 brothel -
檣 楼 top -
娼 楼 brothel -
倡 楼 brothel -
城 楼 watchtower of a castle -
酒 楼 restaurant -
鳳 楼 tower crowned by a representation of the Chinese firebird, beautiful tower -
塔 楼 tall building -
殿 楼 high palace tower -
紅 楼 family or brothel with a beautiful woman, vermillion-lacquered mansion -
土 楼 tulou (traditional rural dwelling in Fujian, China) -
井 楼 wooden watchtower, battlefield watchtower -
鼓 楼 temple tower housing a drum for marking the passing of time -
白 玉 楼 celestial tower where poets, artists, etc. were said to go in the afterlife