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樓

樓

See also: 楼

Translingual

Han character

樓 (radical 75 木+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 木中田女 (DLWV), four-corner 45944, composition ⿰木婁)

References

  • KangXi: page 549, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15430
  • Dae Jaweon: page 937, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1279, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6A13

Chinese

trad. 樓
simp. 楼

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (婁) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
樓 *ɡ·roː
摟 *roː, *ro
耬 *roː
僂 *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·roːs, *ɡ·roʔ
婁 *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro
螻 *roː
髏 *roː
蔞 *roː, *ro, *roʔ
鞻 *roː
艛 *ɡ·roː
膢 *roː, *ro
廔 *roː
嘍 *roː, *roːʔ
瞜 *roː, *ro
簍 *roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ
慺 *roː, *ro, *roʔ
鷜 *roː, *ro
褸 *roː, *roʔ
遱 *roː
謱 *roː, *roːʔ, *roʔ
嶁 *roːʔ, *roʔ
甊 *roːʔ
塿 *roːʔ
漊 *roːʔ, *roʔ
鏤 *roːs, *ro
瘻 *roːs, *ro
擻 *sloːʔ
藪 *sloːʔ
籔 *sloːʔ, *sroʔ
氀 *ro
縷 *roʔ
屢 *ros
數 *sroʔ, *sros, *sroːɡ
屨 *klos
窶 *ɡloʔ
貗 *ɡloʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 樓
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 落侯切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ləu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ləu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ləu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ləw/
Li
Rong		 /lu/
Wang
Li		 /ləu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /lə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lóu
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 樓
Reading # 1/1
No. 8453
Phonetic
component		 婁
Rime
group		 侯
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 樓
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡ·roː/

Definitions

樓

  1. building (of two or more stories)
  2. floor, level
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    9樓 / 9楼  ―  9 lóu  ―  comment #9
    樓主 / 楼主  ―  lóuzhǔ  ―  OP
  4. A surname​. Lou

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

樓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

樓 • ‎(ru>nu) (hangeul 루>누, McCune-Reischauer ru>nu, Yale lwu>nwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

樓 (lầu, lâu)

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