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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
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): lau4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lèu
- Min Nan (POJ): lâu
- Wu (Wiktionary): leu (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ
- Wade-Giles: lou2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lou
- IPA (key): /loʊ̯³⁵/
-
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: lau4
- Yale: làuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: lau4
- IPA (key): /lɐu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lèu
- Hakka Romanization System: leuˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: leu2
- IPA: /le̯u¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâu
- Tâi-lô: lâu
- Phofsit Daibuun: laau
- IPA (Xiamen): /laʊ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /laʊ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /laʊ¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /laʊ²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /laʊ²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: leu (T3)
- IPA (key): /lɜ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
| 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
- building (of two or more stories)
- floor, level
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Compounds
Terms derived from 樓
Japanese
Kanji
樓
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