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楼 = 女 + 米 + 木

楼 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “watchtower”. It is built from 女 (woman), 米 (rice) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 999.

Keyword
watchtower
RTK frame
999
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ロウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
たかどの
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
сторожевая башня
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi
楼 building of two or more stories

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 女 woman
  2. 米 rice
  3. 木 tree

How to find 楼 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “woman” + “rice” + “tree”. 楼 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 楼 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.