Pronunciation family
Chinese characters for “lou”
23 characters share this plain syllable. Compare tone marks first, then open a character for writing and usage.
Tone by tone
Separate the sound family before memorizing characters
The same letters can represent different words when the tone changes.
1
First tone
lōu
2
Second tone
lóu
楼
lóu
娄multi-story building
13 strokes · HSK 3.0 L2lóu
偻a constellation
9 strokeslóu
婁humpback
11 strokeslóu
喽a constellation
11 strokeslóu
蒌used in onomatopoetic expressions
12 strokeslóu
僂Artemisia stelleriana
12 strokeslóu
嘍humpback
13 strokeslóu
樓used in onomatopoetic expressions
14 strokeslóu
耧multi-story building
15 strokeslóu
蝼a drill for sowing grain
15 strokeslóu
螻mole cricket
15 strokeslóu
髅mole cricket
17 strokeslóu
skull, skeleton
18 strokes3
Third tone
lǒu
4
Fourth tone
lòu
Sound in context
Words using this pronunciation family
Move from isolated sounds into useful vocabulary.