楼

See also: 樓

楼 U+697C, 楼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-697C ← 楻 [U+697B] CJK Unified Ideographs 楽 → [U+697D]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	楼
Simplified	楼
Traditional	樓

Han character

楼 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木火木女 (DFDV), composition ⿰木娄)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 542, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15212
• Dae Jaweon: page 930, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1255, character 3
• Unihan data for U+697C

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 樓 (婁 → 娄).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 楼 – see 樓 (“building; floor; level; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 樓).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	楼
Kyūjitai	樓

Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 楼

楼

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 樓)

1. building (of two or more stories)
2. floor, level

Readings

• Go-on: る (ru)
• Kan-on: ろう (rō, Jōyō)
• Kun: たかどの (takadono, 楼)、やぐら (yagura, 楼)、うち (uchi, 楼)

Compounds

• 迦楼羅(かるら) (karura)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
楼
ろう Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
樓 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ろー [róꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ː]

• (Kyoto, Osaka) ろ​う (Kōki)

Noun

楼(ろう) • (rō) 

1. a multi-storey building, a building of two or more stories
2. a watchtower
3. a brothel, a pleasure house

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 楼閣(ろうかく) (rōkaku): multistorey building
• 楼上(ろうじょう) (rōjō): balcony, upper floor
• 楼台(ろうだい) (rōdai)
• 楼門(ろうもん) (rōmon)
• 煙楼(えんろう) (enrō)
• 画楼(がろう) (garō)
• 妓楼(ぎろう) (girō)
• 蜃気楼(しんきろう) (shinkirō): mirage
• 青楼(せいろう) (seirō)
• 土楼(どろう) (dorō)
• 船尾楼(せんびろう) (senbirō)
• 弊楼(へいろう) (heirō)
• 望楼(ぼうろう) (bōrō): watchtower
• 摩天楼(まてんろう) (matenrō): skyscraper

Suffix

楼(ろう) • (-rō) 

1. (after the name of tall buildings, restaurants, hotels, brothels &c.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
楼
たかどの Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
樓 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 楼 – see the following entry.

【高殿たかどの】 [noun] tall building with multiple floors [proper noun] a surname Alternative spelling 閣

(This term, 楼, is an alternative spelling (uncommon) of the above term.)