樓 (lóu)

floor; story; building

How 樓 is written

Strokes
15
Radical
木 — tree
Traditional
樓
Simplified
楼

Common words using 樓

樓下 lóuxià
downstairs
上樓 shànglóu
to go upstairs
人去樓空 rénqùlóukōng
people are gone, the tower is empty; cf Yellow Crane Tower 黄鹤楼, Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢, with theme the past will never return; nostalgia for old friends
土樓 tǔlóu
traditional communal residence, usually of circular shape, found in Fujian province
城樓 chénglóu
city gate tower
大樓 dàlóu
large building; CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4]
寫字樓 xiězìlóu
office building
教學樓 jiàoxuélóu
teaching block; school building
更上一層樓 gèngshàngyīcénglóu
to take it up a notch; to bring it up a level
樓上 lóushàng
upstairs
樓層 lóucéng
story; floor
樓市 lóushì
real estate market

樓 in a sentence

請問您住幾樓?

Qǐngwèn nín zhù jǐ lóu?

“May I ask which floor you live on?”

How common is 樓?

樓 is the 874th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 86.9% of all running text.

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