Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
watchtower, lookout, high building
Kun:
たかどの
On:
ロウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2173 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 楼 【ロウ】 tower, tall building, belvedere, turret, lookout, watchtower, brothel
  • 楼閣 【ロウカク】 multistoried building, castle, palace, shrine
  • 鐘楼 【ショウロウ】 belfry, bell tower
  • 山水楼 【サンスイロウ】 Sansuiro (name of an exclusive restaurant)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lou2
Korean:
ru

Spanish

  • atalaya
  • mirador
  • torreón

Portuguese

  • vigia
  • vigilância
  • alto edifício

French

  • tour de guet
  • poste de guet
  • tour (immeuble)
1939 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1905 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2322 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1744 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1442 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1841 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1992 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1887 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1106 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1284 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
697 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
931 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
939 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15212 Morohashi
1019 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2785 New Nelson (John Haig)
930 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
999 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1635 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1869 2001 Kanji
4a9.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
4994.4 Four corner code
1-47-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
697c Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
gate
Parts:
Variants:
tower, tall building, palace
On:
カク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
444 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 閣内 【カクナイ】 (inside the) Cabinet
  • 閣議 【カクギ】 cabinet meeting
  • 倒閣 【トウカク】 overthrow of government
  • 影の内閣 【カゲノナイカク】 shadow cabinet

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ge2
Korean:
gag

Spanish

  • torre
  • edificio alto
  • palacio
  • gabinete

Portuguese

  • torre
  • edifício alto
  • palácio

French

  • tour
  • tour (immeuble)
  • palais
837 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
822 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
480 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4957 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1373 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1862 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
837 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
856 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1193 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1843 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4128 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2098 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2841 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1638 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41300 Morohashi
3327 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6401 New Nelson (John Haig)
1624 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1752 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
970 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3877 2001 Kanji
8e6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-8-6 SKIP code
7760.4 Four corner code
1-19-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
95a3 Unicode hex code