廊
corridor, hall, tower
Readings
On'yomi
- ロウ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
廊 centers on a long, covered passageway connecting rooms or buildings: a corridor or hall. The tower sense is a less common extension, likely from a tall, hall-like structure.
Most common words using 廊
20 of 23- 廊下ろうかN5
corridor; hallway; passageway
- 画廊がろうN1
art gallery (esp. artworks for sale); picture gallery
- 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)
- 廊ろう
corridor; passage; hall
- 渡り廊下わたりろうか
roofed corridor connecting two buildings; connecting passageway
- ポーランド回廊ポーランドかいろう
Polish Corridor
- 中廊下なかろうか
central corridor; middle corridor
- 中門廊ちゅうもんろう
corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
- 人道回廊じんどうかいろう
humanitarian corridor
- 側廊そくろう
aisle (of a church)
- 内廊下うちろうか
interior hallway (esp. of an apartment building); enclosed corridor
- 前廊ぜんろう
porch; portico; colonnaded entranceway; ante-hall
- 回廊地帯かいろうちたい
corridor (belt of land)
- 在廊ざいろう
being present in a gallery (esp. of an artist at their own exhibition)
- 外廊下そとろうか
exterior hallway (esp. of an apartment building); open-air corridor
- 山廊さんろう
small buildings at the sides of a Zen temple gate (containing stairs to the upper storey)
- 日本画廊協会にっぽんがろうきょうかい
Japan Gallery Association; JGA
- 柱廊ちゅうろう
pillared corridor
- 歩廊ほろう
corridor; gallery; platform; passageway
- 翼廊よくろう
transept
Study
Etymology
廊 combines 广 (building with a roof) with 郎, which likely provides the sound ロウ and may have originally referred to a side building or corridor.
Meaning mnemonic
Under a roof 广, the inner part 郎 looks like a long hallway with rooms off to the sides. Picture walking down a covered corridor in a traditional building.
Reading mnemonic
For ロウ, imagine a long corridor in a row house: row -> ロウ, and you walk down the hall.