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

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/

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

tower; building; pavilion (Classifier: 座 m)

Synonyms

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)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
樓	閣
ろう Hyōgai	かく Grade: 6
kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 樓閣 – see the following entry.

【楼閣ろうかく】

[noun] lofty building with multiple storeys or levels

(This term, 樓閣, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)