廊 means “corridor, hallway, gallery”

ろう · rou

Also: hall, tower

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ロウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 12 strokes

The story

A roof (广) over a young man (郎) dashing through: picture a schoolboy sprinting down the hall. 廊下 is a corridor, where Japanese schools post 廊下を走らない, no running, and Itsukushima Shrine's red 回廊 walkways stand over the sea at high tide.

Used in 廊下 (rouka, corridor/hallway), 回廊 (kairou, roofed walkway), and 画廊 (garou, art gallery)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.