# 廊 — corridor

廊 means “corridor”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. On'yomi: ロウ (rou). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: corridor
- On'yomi: ロウ (rou)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 12
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Buildings & rooms 2

## How to remember 廊

Sounds like 郎: both read ロウ.

Parts: 广 shelter · 郎 young man

## Don't confuse it with

[郎](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/young-man/) · [郷](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/home-town/)

## More in the “Buildings & rooms 2” set

[壇](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/podium/) · [垣](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/fence/) · [架](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/put-across/) · [廊](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/corridor/) · [亭](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/pavilion/) · [郭](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/walled-enclosure/) · [寮](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/dormitory/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/corridor/. Last updated 2026-11-01.