楼閣

See also: 樓閣 and 楼阁

Japanese

Kanji in this term
楼	閣
ろう Grade: S	かく Grade: 6
kan'on

Alternative spelling
樓閣 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ろーかく [ròókákú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːka̠kɯ̟]

Noun

楼(ろう)閣(かく) • (rōkaku)

lofty building with multiple storeys or levels

Synonyms

楼台(ろうだい) (rōdai)
高殿(たかどの) (takadono)

Derived terms

砂上(さじょう)の楼閣(ろうかく) (sajō no rōkaku)
空中楼閣(くうちゅうろうかく) (kūchū rōkaku)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN