白玉楼

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 白玉楼 – see 白玉樓 (“a place where literati go after death; death of a writer, poet, etc.”).
(This term is the simplified form of 白玉樓).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白 玉 楼
はく
Grade: 1 		ぎょく
Grade: 1 		ろう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
白玉樓 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From a Chinese legend where Li He, a poet of the Tang dynasty, was told before death that the celestial palace had been built and he was summoned to record it.

Pronunciation

Noun

白(はく)玉(ぎょく)楼(ろう) • (hakugyokurō) 

  1. a celestial palace where literati go after death

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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