楼 - Dong Chinese dictionary

lóu

building of two or more stories

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 娄 represents the sound. Simplified form of 樓.

Components

木 Meaning component

mù

tree

娄 Sound component

lóu

surname

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

lóu

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

Lóu

surname Lou

Most common words with 楼

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	楼	floor
	大楼	building (a relatively large, multi-storey one)
	楼下	downstairs
	楼上	upstairs
	楼梯	stair

Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 52.0743% of movies

677th most common character in movies

876th most common character in books

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