Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 楼
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楼 |
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Meaning |
house with more than 1 story, storied building |
Pronunciation |
lóu |
Explanation |
Left: tree 木, right: to collect 娄 (Rice grains 米 are by women 女 been: collected.) |
Mnemonic
| You need wood for this and you put the rice upstairs (= upper floor, thus protected from e.g. rats), while you yourself 女 are downstairs (= ground floor): in the multi-storey building. |
Radicals
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木
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tree | |
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娄
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to collect | (This radical is used with the meaning "to collect", because helpful mnemonics become possible, as for example with " to collect 搂", which is ethymological not correct.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 楼梯 |
lóu tī |
stair; staircase | | 楼房 |
lóu fáng |
a building of two or more stories | | 高楼大厦 |
gāo lóu dà shà |
tall buildings and large mansions; high-rise apartment building | | 黄鹤楼 |
Huáng hè lóu |
Yellow crane tower in Wuhan city | | 赤嵌楼 |
Chì kǎn lóu |
Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan |
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