楼
house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor; CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]
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Dict coverage rank #707 U+697C
How 楼 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “wood”) + 娄 (phonetic, lóu)
How to remember it
multistory building · Heisig RSH #785
木 tree + bride
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 娄
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 娄 (lóu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 娄 sound component | lóu | a constellation; to wear; surname |
| 数 | shù | count, number, several |
| 屡 | lǚ | frequently, often, again and again |
| 缕 | lǚ | strand, thread; detailed, precise |
| 喽 | lou | used in onomatopoetic expressions |
| 搂 | lǒu | to embrace, to hug; to drag, to pull |
| 蝼 | lóu | mole cricket; Gryllotalpa africana |
| 篓 | lǒu | bamboo basket |
| 偻 | lǚ | humpback; surname |
| 镂 | lòu | to inlay; to engrave, to carve; tattoo |
| 髅 | lóu | skull, skeleton |
| 瘘 | lòu | fistula; goiter, sore, ulcer |
| 褛 | lǚ | lapel, collar; tattered, threadbare |
| 屦 | jù | straw sandals; to tread on |
| 嵝 | lǒu | the Goulou mountain in Hunan |
| 窭 | jù | poor; rustic |
| 耧 | lóu | a drill for sowing grain |
| 蒌 | lóu | Artemisia stelleriana |
Words containing 楼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出楼子 | chū lóu zi | variant of 出婁子|出娄子[chu1 lou2 zi5] |
| 石楼县 | Shí lóu Xiàn | Shilou, a county in Lüliang City 呂梁市|吕梁市[Lu : 3 liang2 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 五角大楼 | Wǔ jiǎo Dà lóu | the Pentagon |
| 教学楼 | jiào xué lóu | school building; academic building |
| 人去楼空 | rén qù lóu kōng | (lit.) the occupants have gone and the place is now empty (idiom); (fig.) (of a dwelling) … |
| 近水楼台先得月 | jìn shuǐ lóu tái xiān dé yuè | the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom); to benefit from intimacy… |
| 百货大楼 | bǎi huò dà lóu | department store |
| 摩天大楼 | mó tiān dà lóu | skyscraper; CL:座[zuo4] |
| 大楼 | dà lóu | building (a relatively large, multistory one); CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] |
| 楼子 | lóu zi | pavilion; variant of 婁子|娄子[lou2 zi5] |
| 楼市 | lóu shì | real estate market |
| 办公大楼 | bàn gōng dà lóu | office building |
| 小楼 | xiǎo lóu | small multi-story building; modest house with two or more floors |
| 楼花 | lóu huā | apartment building offered for sale before construction is completed; off-plan property |
| 上楼 | shàng lóu | to go upstairs |
| 楼上 | lóu shàng | upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread |
| 气楼 | qì lóu | small ventilation tower on roof of building |
| 近水楼台 | jìn shuǐ lóu tái | lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obta… |
| 高楼 | gāo lóu | high building; multistory building; skyscraper; CL:座[zuo4] |
| 楼面 | lóu miàn | floor |