• 874th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 99 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. lóu (lou2)house with more than 1 story • storied building • floor • CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for lóu (lou2)The component is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

大楼 (大樓)
楼上 (樓上)
楼下 (樓下)
楼梯 (樓梯)
红楼梦 (紅樓夢)
跳楼 (跳樓)
钟楼 (鐘樓)

Uncommon

上楼 (上樓)
人去楼空 (人去樓空)
候机楼 (候機樓)
土楼 (土樓)
城楼 (城樓)
宿舍楼 (宿舍樓)
写字楼 (寫字樓)
教学楼 (教學樓)
更上一层楼 (更上一層樓)
楼主 (樓主)
楼层 (樓層)
楼市 (樓市)
楼房 (樓房)
楼梯口 (樓梯口)
楼盘 (樓盤)
楼台 (樓臺)
楼兰 (樓蘭)
楼道 (樓道)
楼顶 (樓頂)
海市蜃楼 (海市蜃樓)
茶楼 (茶樓)
办公楼 (辦公樓)
酒楼 (酒樓)
阁楼 (閣樓)
顶楼 (頂樓)
高楼 (高樓)
黄鹤楼 (黃鶴樓)
鼓楼 (鼓樓)
鼓楼区 (鼓樓區)

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  • 87th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.21% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 432 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhǔ (zhu3)owner • master • host • individual or party concerned • God • Lord • main • to indicate or signify • trump card (in card games)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhǔ (zhu3)The component is pronounced as 'zhǔ' (zhu3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

主人 
主动 (主動)
主持人 
主要 
主角 
主题 (主題)
公主 
地主 

Uncommon

主人公 
主任 
主力 
主场 (主場)
主妇 (主婦)
主宰 
主导 (主導)
主席 
主张 (主張)
主意 
主持 
主播 
主料 
主板 
主机 (主機)
主权 (主權)
主流 
主演 
主管 
主线 (主線)
主编 (主編)
主见 (主見)
主观 (主觀)
主办 (主辦)
主页 (主頁)
主食 
主体 (主體)
做主 
副主席 
君主 
失主 
店主 
教主 
施主 
业主 (業主)
毛主席 
民主 
为主 (為主)
班主任 
社会主义 (社會主義)
自主 
资本主义 (資本主義)
车主 (車主)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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