Memory phrase for the character: 楼

楼

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Meaning house with more than 1 floors/stories

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-story building.

Radicals

木 tree
娄 to collectThis 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.
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 Vocabulary

充当 chōng dāng  
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
赤嵌楼 Chì kǎn lóu  
赤嵌楼 Chì kǎn lóu  

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