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Kanji Detail for 塔 - "tower, stupa"

塔

  • Meaning

    塔 means "tower, stupa."

    1. Tower - A tall, narrow structure.

    2. Stupa - Abbreviated from "sotoba"; a building for enshrining Buddhist relics.

  • Words using 塔

    • バベルの塔 バベルのとう Listen Tower of Babel
    • エッフェル塔 エッフェルとう Listen Eiffel Tower

  • Four-character idioms with 塔

    • 堂塔伽藍 どうとうがらん Listen religious buildings (temples, shrines, pagodas, etc.)

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    • Verified meaning: tower, stupa
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read とう, とうさき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 塔

    Given names 塔(とう)Listen

    Surnames 塔(とうさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    pagoda; tower; steeple

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    tower, spire, tall building

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆[ta3 po2], a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座[zuo4]); (loanword) (pastry) tart

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    tower, spire, tall building

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A tall, pointed building. Its design originated in the Western regions. Later introduced to China. A place for storing Buddhist scriptures. May have seven, nine, or thirteen levels. Originally called 浮圖, also 浮屠. Colloquially called 寶塔 (pagoda).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    toh(トウ) トウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords

    tower stupa pagoda tall building spire steeple minaret obelisk monument belfry campanile column landmark pinnacle skyscraper Buddhist

Sentences including 塔

  • That is a pagoda.

  • We can see the tower above the trees.

  • How high is that tower?

  • I can see the tower from where i stand.

  • Did you visit the tower of london?

  • I see the tower from my house.

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