Character: 樓
Modern (Beijing) reading: lóu
Preclassic Old Chinese: rō
Classic Old Chinese: rō
Western Han Chinese: rwā
Eastern Han Chinese: rwā
Early Postclassic Chinese: lōw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: lǝ̄w
Late Postclassic Chinese: lǝ̄w
Middle Chinese: lʌw
English meaning : storey, several-storeyed building [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) двухэтажный (многоэтажный) дом; башня; 2) верхний этаж; мезонин; 3) трактир, харчевня, таверна; 4) Лоу (фамилия)
Comments: Regular Sino-Viet. is lâu. For *r- cf. Xiamen, Chaozhou, Fuzhou lau2, Jianou le2.
Radical: 75
Four-angle index: 8817
Karlgren code: 0123 k
Vietnamese reading: lầu
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