阁 gé
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 门 — gate, door, entrance, opening
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
阁楼
gélóu
attic; loft
Characters in this word
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
Example phrases
- 他把阁楼改成书房，却保留了老木梁和倾斜的屋顶。 Tā bǎ gélóu gǎi chéng shūfáng, què bǎoliú le lǎo mùliáng hé qīngxié de wūdǐng. He converted the attic into a study, but kept the old wooden beams and sloping roof.
- 阁楼里放着很多小时候的旧玩具。 Gélóu lǐ fàng zhe hěn duō xiǎoshíhou de jiù wánjù. The attic holds lots of old toys from my childhood.
- 我们爬上窄窄的楼梯，来到阁楼上看星星。 Wǒmen pá shàng zhǎizhǎi de lóutī, lái dào gélóu shang kàn xīngxing. We climbed the narrow stairs up to the attic to look at the stars.
Related words
- 教学楼 jiàoxuélóu classroom building
- 楼 lóu building; floor
- 楼上 lóushàng upstairs
- 楼下 lóuxià downstairs
- 大楼 dàlóu building
- 楼梯 lóutī stairs
- 上楼 shànglóu to go upstairs
- 下楼 xiàlóu to go downstairs
- 楼道 lóudào corridor, hallway
- 酒楼 jiǔlóu restaurant; Chinese restaurant
- 供暖 gōngnuǎn to supply heating
- 更衣室 gēngyīshì changing room; dressing room