塔
tower; pagoda; steeple
12 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1708.
Readings
Components
- 土
- 荅
- 一 radical one
- 𠆢 radical person roof
- 口 radical mouth
- 土 radical earth
- ⺾ radical grass, top form of 艸
Words using 塔
- 塔 (とう) tower
- 砲塔 (ほうとう) gun turret
- 司令塔 (しれいとう) control tower
- 尖塔 (せんとう) spire
- 供養塔 (くようとう) memorial tower
- 塔頭 (たっちゅう) small Zen temple built to commemorate the death of a high priest
- 卒塔婆 (そとば) stupa
- 町石卒塔婆 (ちょうせきそとば) stupa-shaped stone distance indicators placed at intervals of one chō (approx. 109 meters) on a temple approach
74 words in all.