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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana: ロウ
Romaji: rou
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

corridor, hall, tower

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  53
Frequency:  1598
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  3-3-9
Korean Reading:  rang
Chinese Reading:  lang2
Unicode:  5eca
JIS:  4F2D

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3147
Nelson Index: 1519
New Nelson Index: 1622
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3q8.4
Four Corner Index: 0022.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 1938
Gakken Index: 1348
Daikanwanjiten Index: 9437X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0602
Remembering the kanji Index: 1852
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1263
Kodansha Compact Index: 596
Kanji in Context Index: 545
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2011
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2713
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1869
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1996
Essential Kanji Index: 1567
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3903
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 544
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1528

Words

(ろう)
corridor; passage; hall
画廊 (がろう)
art gallery (esp. artworks for sale); picture gallery
渡り廊下 (わたりろうか)
passage
柱廊 (ちゅうろう)
pillared corridor
身廊 (しんろう)
nave (of a church)
回廊 (かいろう)
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
廊下 (ろうか)
corridor; hallway; passageway
開廊時間 (かいろうじかん)
opening hours of a gallery
歩廊 (ほろう)
corridor; gallery; platform; passageway
前廊 (ぜんろう)
porch; portico; colonnaded entranceway; ante-hall
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