樓閣

See also: 楼阁 and 楼閣

Chinese

		house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor	council-chamber; shelf
trad. (樓閣)		樓	閣
simp. (楼阁)		楼	阁
anagram		閣樓／阁楼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóugé

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄡˊ ㄍㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ gok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâu-koh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóugé
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄡˊ ㄍㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóugé
    • Wade–Giles: lou²-ko²
    • Yale: lóu-gé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: louger
    • Palladius: лоугэ (lougɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /loʊ̯³⁵ kɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ gok³
    • Yale: làuh gok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ gok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ gog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ kɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâu-koh
    • Tâi-lô: lâu-koh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lau'koiq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lau²⁴⁻²² koʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²⁴⁻²² koʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau¹³⁻²² koʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau²⁴⁻¹¹ koʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau²³⁻³³ kɤʔ³²/

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• Middle Chinese: luw kak

Rime
Character	樓	閣
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	落侯切	古落切
Baxter	luw	kak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ləu/	/kɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ləu/	/kɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ləu/	/kɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ləw/	/kak̚/
Li Rong	/lu/	/kɑk̚/
Wang Li	/ləu/	/kɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lə̯u/	/kɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóu	ge
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau4	gok3

Noun

樓閣

1. tower; building; pavilion (Classifier: 座 m)

Synonyms

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• 危樓 / 危楼 (wēilóu) (literary)
• 樓仔 / 楼仔 (Min Nan)
• 樓宇 / 楼宇 (lóuyǔ)
• 樓房 / 楼房 (lóufáng)
• 樓臺 / 楼台 (lóutái)
• 重樓 / 重楼 (chónglóu)
• 高樓 / 高楼 (gāolóu)

 

Derived terms

• 亭臺樓閣 / 亭台楼阁 (tíngtáilóugé)
• 空中樓閣 / 空中楼阁 (kōngzhōnglóugé)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (樓閣):

• → Japanese: 楼閣(ろうかく) (rōkaku)
• → Korean: 누각(樓閣) (nugak), 루각(樓閣) (rugak)