楼

lóu = l + ou2

surname Lou

楼 = 娄 + 木 : In the outhouse's kitchen (ou2), Sir Lancelot (l) set up a Christmas tree (木) next to his lunar mansion (娄). Lancelot made himself a Christmas present by adding another floor on top of his lunar mansion. His lunar mansion now is a big, storied building (楼).

lóu = l + ou2

house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]

楼 = 娄 + 木 : In the outhouse's kitchen (ou2), Sir Lancelot (l) set up a Christmas tree (木) next to his lunar mansion (娄). Lancelot made himself a Christmas present by adding another floor on top of his lunar mansion. His lunar mansion now is a big, storied building (楼).

楼 character breakdown

楼
- 娄
  - 女
  - 米
    - 丷
    - 木
      - 八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
      - 十
        
        一
        
        丨
- 木
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

lóu = l + ou2

surname Lou / one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy

娄 = 女 + 米 : Bessie Coleman (女) invited Sir Lancelot (l) over for dinner in her lunar mansion (娄) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). Because Lancelot is extremely hungry, he brings a sack of rice (米) as a present for his host.

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree.

Malte Monkey (mu) is setting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He decorates the tree with eight-balls (八) and puts a holy cross (十) at the top of the tree.

Characters with 楼 as component

楼 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 楼

to take it up a notch / to bring it up a level

teaching block / school building

skyscraper / CL:座[zuo4]

watchtower; guard tower / police booth

watchtower / observation tower / police booth

variant of 捅婁子|捅娄子[tong3 lou2 zi5]

(bird species of China) common swift (Apus apus)

multistoried building / tower / pagoda

staircase with right-angled turn / L-shaped staircase

watch tower / drum tower marking night watches

watchtower / lookout tower

slab type building

original poster (in an online forum) / landlord of a building (traditional)

pavilion / variant of 婁子|娄子[lou2 zi5]

gallery seat (in theater)

loft

Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2] / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi

Yueyang Tower district of Yueyang city 岳陽|岳阳[Yue4 yang2], Hunan

On Yueyang Tower (1045), essay by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4 yan1]

variant of 惹婁子|惹娄子[re3 lou2 zi5]

Sentences with 楼

楼 currently does not appear in any sentence.