娄

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surname Lou; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A woman 女 looking up at a star 米

Components 米女

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
克娄巴特拉	Kè lóu bā tè lā	Cleopatra (c. 70–30 BC), queen of Egypt
出娄子	chū lóu zi	to run into difficulties; to cause trouble
娄星区	Lóu xīng Qū	Louxing, a district of Loudi City 婁底市\|娄底市[Lou2 di3 Shi4], Hunan
娄底市	Lóu dǐ Shì	Loudi, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3]
蒙特娄	Méng tè lóu	Montreal, city in Quebec, Canada (Tw)
皮弗娄牛	pí fú lóu niú	beefalo (cross between domestic cattle and bison)
娄子	lóu zi	trouble; blunder
努瓜娄发	Nǔ guā lóu fā	Nuku'alofa, capital of Tonga (Tw)
娄星	Lóu xīng	see 婁星區\|娄星区[Lou2 xing1 Qu1]
娄烦县	Lóu fán Xiàn	Loufan, a county in Taiyuan City 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 Shi4], Shanxi
惹娄子	rě lóu zi	to stir up trouble; to bring trouble upon oneself
娄底	Lóu dǐ	see 婁底市\|娄底市[Lou2 di3 Shi4]
娄宿	Lóu xiù	Bond (Chinese constellation)
娄烦	Lóu fán	see 婁煩縣\|娄烦县[Lou2 fan2 Xian4]
捅娄子	tǒng lóu zi	to make a mess of sth

These characters use 娄 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
娄 sound part	lóu	a constellation; to wear; surname
数	shù	count, number, several
楼	lóu	multi-story building; floor
屡	lǚ	frequently, often, again and again
缕	lǚ	strand, thread; detailed, precise
喽	lou	used in onomatopoetic expressions
搂	lǒu	to embrace, to hug; to drag, to pull
蝼	lóu	mole cricket; Gryllotalpa africana
篓	lǒu	bamboo basket
偻	lǚ	humpback; surname
镂	lòu	to inlay; to engrave, to carve; tattoo
髅	lóu	skull, skeleton
瘘	lòu	fistula; goiter, sore, ulcer
褛	lǚ	lapel, collar; tattered, threadbare
屦	jù	straw sandals; to tread on
嵝	lǒu	the Goulou mountain in Hunan
窭	jù	poor; rustic
耧	lóu	a drill for sowing grain
蒌	lóu	Artemisia stelleriana