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]

(Kyōto, Ōsaka) 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

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)

(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.)

References

“^△楼”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Vietnamese

Han character

楼: Hán Việt readings: lâu^[1]^[2]^[3]
楼: Nôm readings: lầu^[1]^[2]^[3], lâu^[1]

Variant of 樓, see there for more details.
chữ Nôm form of lâu (“(of time) long”)
chữ Nôm form of lầu
1. (historical) a multistory building
2. (architecture, chiefly Southern Vietnam) floor/storey (except the ground floor/storey)
  - circa 19th century, Dương Minh; Ðức Thị, "Thạch Sanh Lý Thông Thư", lines 668-669
    呢段公主沖宮，𨕭楼袩𨑜庄用𠬠埃
    Này đoạn công chúa trong cung, trên lầu xem xuống chẳng dùng một ai.
    Now this part is of a princess in the palace, looking down from above without help from anyone.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Nguyễn (2014).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Trần (2004).

[tdcndg-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Nguyễn (2014).

[tdcntd-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[gdhn-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Trần (2004).

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