楼
lóu · building / tower💡 How to pronounce
l → like the 'l' in 'love'. óu → like 'oh' but with a rising tone.
📖 The Story
楼 is a building with multiple floors — a tower rising toward the sky. The character combines 'tree' (木) and 'rice' (米) — in ancient times, wooden towers stored grain and allowed people to see far across the land.
🎬 In Culture Today
The Yellow Crane Tower (黄鹤楼) is one of the most famous towers in China — poets have written about it for over a thousand years. In movies, the tower is often where heroes go to see the horizon and make their most important decisions.
📚 Words
楼房multi-story building
高楼tall building / skyscraper
楼梯stairs
楼上upstairs
📝 Example Sentences
他住在楼上。
He lives upstairs.
城市里有很多高楼。
There are many tall buildings in the city.