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

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Chinese

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trad.		樓
simp.		楼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóu (lou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): lèu
• Min Nan (POJ): lâu
• Wu (WT Romanisation): leu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: lóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ
    • Wade-Giles: lou²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lou
    • IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯³⁵/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴
    • Yale: làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lèu
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /le̯u¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâu
    • Tâi-lô: lâu
    • IPA (Taipei): /laʊ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: leu (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /lɜ²³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (樓, reconstructed)
Character (樓), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 侯 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 落侯切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ləu/	/lə̯u/	/lu/	/ləu/	/ləw/	/ləu/	/ləu/

Old Chinese pronunciation (樓, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
樓					8453					婁					侯					0					樓					/*ɡ·roː/

Definitions

樓

1. building (of two or more stories)
2. floor, level
3. A surname​. Lou

Compounds

Derived terms

• 樓上／楼上

• 樓下／楼下

• 樓層／楼层

• 樓房／楼房

• 樓板／楼板

• 樓梯／楼梯

• 樓臺／楼台

• 樓道／楼道

• 樓閣／楼阁

• 樓頂／楼顶

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Japanese

Kanji

樓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ろう (rō)
• Kun: たかどの (takadono)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

樓 (lâu, lầu)

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