Meta:

  1. 楼 is the 874th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 64 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (tree), (rice), (woman)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

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

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
楼下 (樓下)

Medium Frequency

上楼 (上樓)
人去楼空 (人去樓空)
土楼 (土樓)
城楼 (城樓)
大楼 (大樓)
写字楼 (寫字樓)
教学楼 (教學樓)
更上一层楼 (更上一層樓)
楼上 (樓上)
楼层 (樓層)
楼市 (樓市)
楼房 (樓房)
楼梯 (樓梯)
楼梯口 (樓梯口)
楼盘 (樓盤)
楼台 (樓臺)
楼道 (樓道)
楼顶 (樓頂)
红楼梦 (紅樓夢)
茶楼 (茶樓)
跳楼 (跳樓)
办公楼 (辦公樓)
酒楼 (酒樓)
钟楼 (鐘樓)
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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Meta:

  1. 层 is the 698th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 50 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (corpse), (two), (private)
Graphical :
=> , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ceng2 - layer/stratum/laminated/floor (of a building)/storey/classifier for layers/repeated/sheaf (math.)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
层次 (層次)

Medium Frequency

上层 (上層)
下层 (下層)
中层 (中層)
内层 (內層)
分层 (分層)
单层 (單層)
基层 (基層)
外层 (外層)
大气层 (大氣層)
夹层 (夾層)
层出不穷 (層出不窮)
层层 (層層)
层楼 (層樓)
层叠 (層疊)
层级 (層級)
层面 (層面)
岩层 (岩層)
底层 (底層)
断层 (斷層)
更上一层楼 (更上一層樓)
楼层 (樓層)
深层 (深層)
皮层 (皮層)
表层 (表層)
阶层 (階層)
双层 (雙層)
云层 (雲層)
顶层 (頂層)
领导层 (領導層)
高层 (高層)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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