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髅

lóu

Character Traditional 髏

What 髅 means

1. used in {髑髅|dú lóu} and {骷髅|kū lóu}

Words containing 髅

• 骷髅kū lóuhuman skeleton; human skull
• 骷髅头kū lóu tóua death's-head; depiction of a dead person's skull
• 髑髅dú lóu(literary) skull (of a dead person)

Characters built on 娄

These share the phonetic component 娄 (Lóu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 楼lóuhouse with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
• 搂lōuto draw towards oneself; to gather; to gather up (one's gown, sleeves etc)
• 喽lóu(bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits
• 瘘lòufistula; ulceration
• 镂lòuto engrave; to carve; hard steel
• 篓lǒubasket
• 偻lóuused in 佝偻; used in 偻㑩
• 蝼lóusee 蝼蛄

Characters that look like 髅

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 擦cāto rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc)
• 瞻zhānto gaze; to view
• 赡shànto support; to provide for
• 镰lián(bound form) sickle
• 鳕xuěcodfish; Gadus macrocephalus
• 镫dèngstirrup

Sounds the same

Read lóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 楼house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
• 喽(bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits
• 偻used in 佝偻; used in 偻㑩
• 耧drill for sowing grain
• 蒌Arthemisia vulgaris; piper betel
• 剅(dialect) an opening at the bottom of a dike for letting water in or out…
• 娄surname Lou; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy
• 蝼see 蝼蛄
• 溇see 溇水