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See also: 楼

Japanese 楼
Simplified 楼
Traditional 樓

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

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 549, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15430
  • Dae Jaweon: page 937, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1279, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6A13
trad. 樓
simp. 楼
alternative forms 𩫰
𣏥 nonstandard
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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡ·roː): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 婁 (OC *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro).

Note:

  • làu - vernacular;
  • lèu - literary.

Note:

  • lao2 - vernacular;
  • lieo2 - literary.

Note:

  • lâu - vernacular;
  • lô͘/liô - literary.

Note:

  • lao5 - vernacular;
  • leu5 - literary.

樓

  1. building (of two or more stories) (Classifier: 棟／栋 m c; 幢 m; 躉／趸 c; 間／间 c)
    教學樓／教学楼  ―  jiàoxuélóu  ―  classroom building
  2. floor; level (Classifier: 層／层)
    那個房子有三層樓。 [MSC, trad.]
    那个房子有三层楼。 [MSC, simp.]
    Nàge fángzi yǒu sān céng lóu. [Pinyin]
    That house has three floors.
    我住喺二樓。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我住喺二楼。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 zyu6 hai2 ji6 lau4-2. [Jyutping]
    I live on the second floor.
  3. (Hong Kong) flat; apartment (Classifier: 層／层 c)
    賣咗層樓／卖咗层楼 [Cantonese]  ―  maai6 zo2 cang4 lau4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to have sold one's flat
  4. superstructure
    城樓／城楼  ―  chénglóu  ―  city gate tower
    角樓／角楼  ―  jiǎolóu  ―  corner tower (in Chinese architecture)
  5. Used in the name of some businesses
    銀樓／银楼  ―  yínlóu  ―  jeweller’s shop
    酒樓／酒楼 [Cantonese]  ―  zau2 lau4 [Jyutping]  ―  Chinese restaurant
    青樓／青楼  ―  qīnglóu  ―  brothel
  6. (Internet slang) comment; post
    9樓／9楼  ―  9 lóu  ―  comment #9
    樓主／楼主  ―  lóuzhǔ  ―  OP
    蓋樓／盖楼  ―  gàilóu  ―  to reply to a thread
    借樓問一下／借楼问一下  ―  jièlóu wèn yīxià  ―  post a question
  7. a surname

(Hong Kong) It may be ambiguous when referring to floors, as both UK and US systems were used in the past. Contemporary usage generally aligns with the UK usage.

The second usage is dated, but still commonly seen in older buildings.

To avoid this ambiguity, some may explicitly refer to floor numbers with Arabic numerals, such as:

１字樓／１字楼 [Cantonese]  ―  jat1 zi6 lau4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  the floor numbered as 1, i.e. first floor (UK)

This similarly applies to subsequent floors.

  • (floor): 層／层 (céng) (more formal), 樓層／楼层 (lóucéng)
  • (apartment): (Mainland China, Taiwan) 房 (fáng)

樓

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 楼)

  1. tower
  2. turret

樓 (eumhun 다락 루 (darak ru), word-initial (South Korea) 다락 누 (darak nu))

  1. hanja form? of 루/누 (“building of two or more stories”)

樓: Hán Nôm readings: lâu, lầu

  1. (literary) a multi-story building
  2. floor (of a multi-level building)
    • circa 19th century, Dương Minh; Ðức Thị, "Thạch Sanh Lý Thông Thư", lines 668-669

      呢段公主沖宮，𨕭楼袩𨑜庄用𠬠埃

      Này đoạn công chúa trong cung/ Trên lầu xem xuống chẳng dùng một ai.
      Now this part is of a princess in the palace, looking down from above without help from anyone.