lóu

house with more than 1 story

surname Lou; storied building; floor; CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]

wood (木) + 娄 (sound: lóu) = a wooden storied building

木 signals that the building is framed in wood, the primary construction material of traditional Chinese architecture. 娄 mainly contributes the sound lóu and does not carry a meaningful image here.

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Words with 楼

盖楼

gài lóu

to construct a building

酒楼

jiǔ lóu

restaurant

重楼

chóng lóu

multistory building

银楼

yín lóu

silverware store

自动楼梯

zì dòng lóu tī

escalator

钟楼

zhōng lóu

see 鐘樓區|钟楼区[Zhong1 lou2 Qu1]

钟楼区

zhōng lóu qū

Zhonglou, a district of Changzhou City 常州市[Chang2 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu

钟楼怪人

zhōng lóu guài rén

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 維克多·雨果|维克多·雨果[Wei2 ke4 duo1 · Yu3 guo3]

阁楼

gé lóu

garret

青楼

qīng lóu

(literary) brothel

顶楼

dǐng lóu

top floor

骑楼

qí lóu

arcade (architecture)

More characters with 木