茶楼
chá​lóu

teahouse

茶 chá tea

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

余
余 Sound component
yú I
Change in sound

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

搽

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdraelˤra(name of a plant)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

楼 lóu building of two or more stories Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 娄 represents the sound. Simplified form of 樓.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
娄
娄 Sound component
lóu, lǚ, lǘ surname

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

樓 lóu building of two or more stories Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 婁 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
婁
婁 Sound component
surname

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·roː
Unicodelou

說文解字

《說文》：“樓，重屋也。从木，婁聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)