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watchtower
Stroke count: 13

Readings

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Kun readingたかどの
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. watchtowerRtK
    その摩天楼はまわりの他の建物の上方にそびえていた。The skyscraper rose above the other buildings around.tatoeba
    そのビルはニューヨークの摩天楼と比べると小さい。The buildings are small in comparison with the skyscrapers in New York.tatoeba
  2. lookout
  3. high building
  1. multistoried building
  2. castle
  3. palace
  4. shrine

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tree (木) · wood (木) · rice (米) · woman (女)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 999

Compound words

鐘楼しょうろう
belfry; bell tower
楼閣ろうかく
multistoried building; castle; palace; shrine
摩天楼まてんろう
skyscraper
画楼がろう
high decorated building
妓楼ぎろう
brothel
高楼こうろう
tall building
望楼ぼうろう
watchtower
楼門ろうもん
two-storied gate
倡楼しょうろう
brothel
檣楼しょうろう
top
迦楼羅かるら
Garuda (man-bird deity and 'vahana' of Hindu-Buddhist myth)
蜃気楼しんきろう
mirage
空中楼閣くうちゅうろうかく
castle in the air
大廈高楼たいかこうろう
large building and lofty tower
下位蜃気楼かいしんきろう
inferior mirage
上位蜃気楼じょういしんきろう
superior mirage

Additional Examples

その摩天楼はまわりの他の建物の上方にそびえていた。
The skyscraper rose above the other buildings around.tatoeba
そのビルはニューヨークの摩天楼と比べると小さい。
The buildings are small in comparison with the skyscrapers in New York.tatoeba

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13 strokes

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