廊 – corridor, hall, tower

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1598 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 廊 means corridor, hall, tower. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ロウ (rou). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 广 (no. 53).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ロウ	rou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 广 (Kangxi radical 53). Components: 艮・邦・广.

Words using 廊

廊下ろうかcorridor

Example sentences

「学園の廊下で、濃厚なキスシーン・・・聞いたぞ聞いたぞ」「濃厚じゃなーい！話に尾ひれ付いてるって・・・」

"A passionate kiss scene in a school corridor ... I've heard all about it!" "It wasn't passionate! That's an exaggeration..."

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Kanji with the same radical

度府広店座廃康庁庭庫底序床庶庇

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