幢 (zhuàng) — measure word for buildings

Character

Strokes: 15
Radical: 巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
Made of: 巾 cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel 童 child, boy
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

这幢老楼虽然外观破旧，却承载着城市工业化初期的集体记忆。 Zhè zhuàng lǎolóu suīrán wàiguān pòjiù, què chéngzài zhe chéngshì gōngyèhuà chūqī de jítǐ jìyì. Although this old building looks worn from the outside, it carries the collective memory of the city's early industrialisation.
小区里新盖了一幢小楼，门口种着两棵大树。 Xiǎoqū lǐ xīn gàile yī zhuàng xiǎolóu, ménkǒu zhòngzhe liǎng kē dàshù. A new small building has just been put up in our residential compound, with two big trees planted at the entrance.
那幢办公楼一共十八层，电梯每天早上都很挤。 Nà zhuàng bàngōnglóu yīgòng shíbā céng, diàntī měitiān zǎoshang dōu hěn jǐ. That office building has eighteen floors in total, and the elevator is always crowded every morning.