Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

楼: watchtower, lookout

Also: high building

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

木 carries the meaning · 娄 gives the sound

13 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ロウrou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 楼閣ろうかくmultistoried building; castle; palace
  • 鐘楼しょうろうbelfry; bell tower
  • 摩天楼まてんろうskyscraper

Also read たかどの, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
More in the 木 tree story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
木

Also built on tree (木)

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娄

Also built on 娄

Also read ロウ

15 kanji share this on'yomiAll 15

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
楼 watchtower · 木
vs数 number · 攵
楼 has 木 where 数 has 攵.
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 樓 · lóu

Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 楼. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 樓.

Simplified
楼 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
樓 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin lóu most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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