楼橹
lóu​lǔ

siege tower

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

橹 lǔ oar Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 鲁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 櫓.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
鲁
鲁 Sound component
lǔ, lǚ foolish, rude

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)

櫓 oar Traditional

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
魯
魯 Sound component
foolish, rude

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartluX[r]ˤaʔshield (n.)
Zhengzhangraːʔ

說文解字

大盾也。从木魯聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)