lóu

building of two or more stories

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

婁 sound component

  Sound component

lóu

  

surname

Evolution

樓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
樓 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
樓 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
樓 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
樓 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

lóu

building of two or more stories; house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor; CL:|[céng],[zuò],|[dòng]

() 

Lóu

surname Lou

Most common words with 樓
Freq.
Word
Meaning

floor

大楼

building (a relatively large, multi-storey one)

楼下

downstairs

楼上

upstairs

楼梯

stair

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 52.0743% of movies

677th most common character in movies

876th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Simplified

Unicode

U+6A13

Shuowen

“樓,重屋也。从木,婁聲。”


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