lóu

floor; storied building; house with more than 1 story

HSK 3 #876

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 876th character
Radical ⽊ (75.9)
Strokes 13
Index # 2870
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

楼 lóu
  1. 1. floor
  2. 2. storied building
  3. 3. house with more than 1 story
  4. 4. surname Lou
  5. 5. CL céng,zuò,dòng

Stroke order

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Words containing 楼

Word Meaning
a building supported on pillars projecting over a river
tenement building, typically of 2-4 stories, with a shop on the ground floor and upper floors used for residential purposes (esp. in southern China)
traditional Hakka earthen communal house
to fall off or jump off a building
to jump to one's death
multistoried building; tower; pagoda
Yueyang Tower, famous tower in Hunan
Yueyanglou District, Yueyang, Hunan
Classic essay On Yueyang Tower by Fan Zhongyan
(bird species of China) common swift (Apus apus)
L-shaped staircase; staircase with right-angled turn
watch tower; drum tower marking night watches
watchtower; lookout tower
slab type building
original poster (in an online forum)
variant of lóu zi; pavilion
gallery seat (in theater)
loft
head of a flight of stairs
landing; staircase balcony
staircase; flight of stairs
watch tower; movable battlefield turret
tower; balcony; high building (esp. in poetry)