樓 meaning and stroke order
Multi-story building; floor
How to write 樓, stroke by stroke
15 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 樓
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- house with more than 1 story
- storied building
- floor
How 樓 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Wood.
木 gives the meaning and 婁 hints at the sound.
Radical: 木 (tree), shared by 388 characters on this site.
How to remember 樓
樓 (lóu) is a pictophonetic character: 木 (wood) on the left gives the meaning, since early multi-story buildings were built from timber, and 婁 (lóu) on the right gives the sound. Picture wooden beams stacked level upon level to make a tall building.
樓 means a building with more than one floor, and it also means a floor or story of a building. It appears in everyday words like 楼上 (lóu shàng, upstairs), 楼下 (lóu xià, downstairs), and 大楼 (dà lóu, large building). Example: 我住在三楼。(Wǒ zhù zài sān lóu.) I live on the third floor.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 樓 with 數 (shù, number), which shares the 婁 part, or with 屢 (lǚ, repeatedly). Only 樓 has the 木 wood radical on the left. Also keep the second tone in lóu, and do not confuse it with 漏 (lòu, to leak).
Common words with 樓
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 樓上 | lóu shàng | upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread | HSK 1 |
| 樓下 | lóu xià | downstairs | HSK 1 |
| 教學樓 | jiàoxuélóu | school building; academic building | HSK 1 |
| 大樓 | dà lóu | building (a relatively large, multistory one) | HSK 4 |
| 樓梯 | lóutī | stair; staircase | HSK 4 |
| 上樓 | shàng lóu | to go upstairs | HSK 4 |
| 下樓 | xià lóu | to go downstairs | HSK 4 |
| 樓房 | lóufáng | a building of two or more stories | HSK 6 |
| 樓道 | lóudào | corridor; passageway (in storied building) | HSK 6 |
| 寫字樓 | xiězìlóu | office building | HSK 6 |
| 酒樓 | jiǔlóu | restaurant | HSK 7-9 |
| 居民樓 | jūmínlóu | apartment building; residential tower | HSK 7-9 |
| 閣樓 | gélóu | garret; loft | |
| 跳樓 | tiàolóu | to jump from a building (to kill oneself); fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertisin |
Questions about 樓
How many strokes are in 樓?
樓 is written with 15 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 樓 mean?
樓 (lóu) means multi-story building; floor. A common word with it is 楼上 (lóu shàng), meaning "upstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread".
How do you pronounce 樓?
樓 is pronounced lóu, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 樓?
The radical of 樓 is 木, which carries the idea of "tree". Dictionaries list 樓 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 樓?
樓 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 楼, used in mainland China and Singapore.
How do you say which floor someone lives on using 樓?
Put the number before 樓, as in 五楼 (wǔ lóu, fifth floor). In mainland China the ground floor is usually 一楼 (yī lóu), so floor numbers match the American system rather than the British one.
What does 楼上 mean in online forums?
In internet slang, 楼上 (lóu shàng) refers to the person who posted just above you in a thread. Replying 同意楼上 (tóngyì lóu shàng) means 'I agree with the previous poster.' Likewise, 楼主 (lóuzhǔ) is the person who started the thread.