Word Meaning 白玉楼

はくぎょくろう hakugyokurou

白玉楼 is read as はくぎょくろう (hakugyokurou) and means celestial tower where poets, artists, etc. were said to go in the afterlife.

Meaning

English

  1. celestial tower where poets, artists, etc. were said to go in the afterlife

Reading

Kana

はくぎょくろう

Romaji

hakugyokurou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 130994 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

白玉楼中の人となる

はくぎょくろうちゅうのひととなる

to die (of a poet, artist, etc.)

白玉椿

しらたまつばき

white-flowered camellia (Camellia japonica var.)

金殿玉楼

きんでんぎょくろう

magnificent palace

白玉

しらたま

rice flour dumpling

白玉

はくぎょく

white gem

白玉粉

しらたまこ

refined rice flour

白樺

しらかば

Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)

白旗

はっき

white flag

白壁

しらかべ

white plaster wall

白梅

しらうめ

white plum blossoms

白痴

はくち

idiot

白菊

しらぎく

white chrysanthemum