楼 means “tower, tall building”

ろう · rou

Also: watchtower, lookout, high building

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): たかどの
On'yomi (Chinese reading): ロウ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 13 strokes

The story

Wood (木) piled story on story, with rice (米) and a woman (女) on top: picture lanterns glowing on every floor of a tall old hall. 摩天楼, the 'sky-scraping tower', is a skyscraper, and 砂上の楼閣, a tower on sand, is a plan with no footing.

Used in 摩天楼 (matenrou, skyscraper), 鐘楼 (shourou, bell tower), and 楼閣 (roukaku, tall pavilion)

楼 means “tower, tall building”

The story

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