楼 lóu
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 木 tree 娄 a constellation
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
楼上
lóushàng
upstairs
Characters in this word
上 shàng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 一 — one
- Made of
- ⺊ 一 one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 楼上有人唱歌。 Lóushàng yǒu rén chànggē. Someone is singing upstairs.
- 我住在楼上。 Wǒ zhù zài lóushàng. I live upstairs.
- 楼上是谁？ Lóushàng shì shéi? Who's upstairs?
Related words
- 教学楼 jiàoxuélóu classroom building
- 楼 lóu building; floor
- 楼下 lóuxià downstairs
- 车上 chēshang in the car, on the bus
- 地上 dìshang on the ground, on the floor
- 关上 guānshàng to close, to shut
- 路上 lùshang on the way
- 马上 mǎshàng right away, at once
- 上 shàng on, above; to go up
- 上班 shàngbān to go to work
- 上边 shàngbian above, on top
- 上车 shàngchē to get on (a bus or car)