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Chinese symbol for “staircase”

楼梯间
lóu tī jiān
Traditional: 樓梯間
staircase; flight of stairs

The closest CC-CEDICT match for staircase is 楼梯间 (lóu tī jiān), defined as: staircase; flight of stairs.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

楼 lóu
multi-story building; floor
radical 75 ⽊ · 13 strokes
梯 tī
ladder, steps, stairs
radical 75 ⽊ · 11 strokes
间 jiān
between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality
radical 169 ⾨ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “staircase”

WordPinyinMeaning
楼梯 (樓梯)lóu tīstair; staircase
扶梯fú tīladder; staircase

Related words

Other words that share a character with 楼梯间.

WordPinyinMeaning
大楼 (大樓)dà lóubuilding (a relatively large, multistory one); measure word: 幢 (zhuàng), 座 (zuò)
楼下 (樓下)lóu xiàdownstairs
楼梯 (樓梯)lóu tīstair; staircase
楼上 (樓上)lóu shàngupstairs; (Internet slang) previous poster in a forum thread
高楼 (高樓)gāo lóuhigh building; multistory building
办公楼 (辦公樓)bàn gōng lóuoffice building; measure word: 座 (zuò), 栋 (dòng)
电梯 (電梯)diàn tīelevator; escalator
阶梯 (階梯)jiē tīflight of steps; (fig.) stepping stone; way to reach the goal of
时间 (時間)shí jiān(concept of) time; (duration of) time

See also: Japanese symbol for “staircase”.

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.

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