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U+697C, 楼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-697C

[U+697B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+697D]

Translingual

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Stroke order
13 strokes
Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 75, +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木火木女 (DFDV), composition )

References

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  • 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

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Glyph origin

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Simplified from ().

Definitions

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“building; floor; level; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of ).
Notes:

Japanese

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Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

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(Jōyō kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. building (of two or more stories)
  2. floor, level

Readings

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  • Go-on: (ru)
  • Kan-on: ろう (, Jōyō)
  • Kun: たかどの (takadono, )やぐら (yagura, )うち (uchi, )

Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
ろう
Grade: S
kan'on
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ろう) (

  1. a multi-storey building, a building of two or more stories
  2. a watchtower
  3. a brothel, a pleasure house
Derived terms
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Suffix

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(ろう) (-rō

  1. (after the name of tall buildings, restaurants, hotels, brothels &c.)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
たかどの
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
高殿たかどの
[noun] : tall building with multiple floors
[proper noun] a surname
Alternative spelling
(This term, , is an alternative spelling (uncommon) of the above term.)