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    3. 楼

    楼

    楼たかどの

    watchtower

    N1KMT10Freq #2173Home & HousingKanji13 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    たかどの

    On'yomi

    ロウ

    watchtowerlookouthigh building

    木娄

    木
    米
    女

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    棲椄椈樓数来櫻榊来屡棲椄

    Concepts using this kanji

    楼閣

    multistoried building

    白玉楼中の人となる

    to die (of a poet, artist, etc.)

    摩天楼

    skyscraper

    空中楼閣

    castle in the air

    蜃気楼

    mirage

    福建土楼

    Fujian tulou (traditional rural dwellings in Fujian, China)

    楼主

    owner of a brothel or restaurant

    土楼

    tulou (traditional rural dwelling in Fujian, China)

    楼台

    lofty building

    楼上

    on top of a tall building

    船首楼

    forecastle

    井楼

    wooden watchtower

    望火楼

    fire lookout

    高楼

    tall building

    白玉楼

    celestial tower where poets, artists, etc. were said to go in the afterlife

    砂上の楼閣

    house built on sand

    画楼

    high decorated building

    金殿玉楼

    magnificent palace

    下位蜃気楼

    inferior mirage

    上位蜃気楼

    superior mirage

    楼門

    two-storied gate

    望楼

    watchtower

    大廈高楼

    large building and lofty tower

    青楼

    officially sanctioned brothel (Edo-period)

    城楼

    watchtower of a castle

    楼観

    watchtower

    登楼

    climbing a tower

    層楼

    tall building

    酒楼

    restaurant

    紅楼夢

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

    殿楼

    high palace tower

    妓楼

    brothel

    紅楼

    family or brothel with a beautiful woman

    塔楼

    tall building

    鼓楼

    temple tower housing a drum for marking the passing of time

    楼

    tower

    娼楼

    brothel

    鳳楼

    tower crowned by a representation of the Chinese firebird

    迦楼羅

    Garuda (man-bird deity and 'vahana' of Hindu-Buddhist myth)

    鐘楼

    belfry

    檣楼

    top

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 女
    • 木
    • 米

    is_used_in

    • 画楼
    • 迦楼羅
    • 空中楼閣
    • 高楼
    • 鐘楼
    • 摩天楼
    • 楼閣
    • 楼門
    • 蜃気楼
    • 望楼
    • 登楼
    • 金殿玉楼
    • 青楼
    • 層楼
    • 妓楼
    • 白玉楼
    • 楼観
    • 楼
    • 檣楼
    • 大廈高楼
    • 娼楼
    • 城楼
    • 望火楼
    • 白玉楼中の人となる
    • 酒楼
    • 楼主
    • 楼上
    • 鳳楼
    • 砂上の楼閣
    • 塔楼
    • 殿楼
    • 船首楼
    • 紅楼
    • 福建土楼
    • 土楼
    • 井楼
    • 鼓楼
    • 下位蜃気楼
    • 上位蜃気楼
    • 楼台
    • 紅楼夢

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    • 棲
    • 椄
    • 椈
    • 樓
    • 数
    • 来
    • 櫻
    • 榊
    • 屡

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