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Kanji Detail for 廊 - "corridor, gallery"

廊

  • Meaning

    廊 means "corridor, gallery." Also associated with eaves.

    1. Corridor - A passage connecting buildings; a hallway linking structures.

    2. Gallery - A connecting walkway; a roofed passageway.

    3. Eaves - Side rooms built on the left and right of the main hall.

  • Words using 廊

    • 画廊 がろう Listen art gallery (esp. artworks for sale); picture gallery
    • 廊下 ろうか Listen corridor; hallway; passageway

  • Tattoo check: 廊

    • Verified meaning: corridor, gallery
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: eaves

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    corridor; hall; tower

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    corridor, porch, veranda

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    corridor; veranda; porch

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    corridor, porch, veranda

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The side wings of a hall. Such as 走廊, 迴廊.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    roh(ロウ) ロウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    广 (madare)

  • Related Keywords

    corridor gallery eaves porch hall aisle passage walkway arcade cloister foyer portico connecting

Sentences including 廊

  • There’s a box in the hall.

  • To teach him a lesson, they made him stand in the hallway.

  • He haunted the art galleries.

  • He ran noisily through the passage.

  • The bathroom is on the left side of the hallway.

  • I happened to witness the bullying in the corridor.

  • Where's the nearest art gallery?

  • I saw two guys kissing each other in the hallway.

  • There's a fire down the hall.

  • The bathroom is at the end of the hall.

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