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

楼

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 樓)

building (of two or more stories)
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)

a multi-storey building, a building of two or more stories
a watchtower
a brothel, a pleasure house

Derived terms

Suffix

楼(ろう) • (-rō)

(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.)