JinmeiyōPre-Level 1
櫓

Meaning

Kanji 櫓

oar

oar, tower

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
おおだてやぐら
Onyomi 音読み
ロ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
19
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji
魯 • 嚕 • 穭 • 艪 • 擼 • 瀂 • 氌

Related vocabulary

10 common entries

Showing 10 of 11 entries that include this kanji.

櫓

やぐら

weapons storehouse

櫓杭

ろぐい

fulcrum peg (fitted into the cavity in an oar as part of a traditional oarlock)

櫓太鼓

やぐらだいこ

drums which announce the opening of a stage performance or commencement of bouts

櫓投げ

やぐらなげ

inner thigh throw

櫓櫂

ろかい

sculls and paddles

櫓臍

ろべそ

fulcrum peg (fitted into the cavity in an oar as part of a traditional oarlock)

火の見櫓

ひのみやぐら

fire lookout

見櫓

みせやぐら

observation tower

物見櫓

ものみやぐら

watchtower

炬燵やぐら

こたつやぐら

square latticed wooden frame for a kotatsu

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

船を漕ぐために櫓を使う。

He uses an oar to row the boat.

櫓の上から街を見下ろす。

He looks down at the city from the top of the tower.

櫓を立てて見張りを行う。

They build a tower for surveillance.

櫓の形をした古い建物が残っている。

There is an old building in the shape of a tower left.

櫓を使って船を進める。

He uses the oar to move the boat forward.