Chinese symbol for “attic”
阁楼
gé lóu
Traditional: 閣樓
garret; loft; attic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for attic is 阁楼 (gé lóu), defined as: garret; loft; attic.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “attic”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 阁楼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 内阁 (內閣) | nèi gé | (government) cabinet |
| 阁下 (閣下) | gé xià | your distinguished self; your majesty |
| 组阁 (組閣) | zǔ gé | to form a cabinet |
| 阁员 (閣員) | gé yuán | cabinet member |
| 楼阁 (樓閣) | lóu gé | building; pavilion |
| 大楼 (大樓) | dà lóu | building (a relatively large, multistory one); measure word: 幢 (zhuàng), 座 (zuò) |
| 楼下 (樓下) | lóu xià | downstairs |
| 楼梯 (樓梯) | lóu tī | stair; staircase |
See also: Japanese symbol for “attic”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.