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Chinese symbol for “tart”

塔
tǎ
pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座 (zuò)); (loanword) (pastry) tart

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tart is 塔 (tǎ), defined as: pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座 (zuò)); (loanword) (pastry) tart.

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

塔 tǎ
tower, spire, tall building
radical 32 ⼟ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “tart”

WordPinyinMeaning
酸suānsour; tart
涩 (澀)sèastringent; tart
挞 (撻)tà(bound form) to whip; to flog; (loanword) (pastry) tart (colloquial pr. [ta3])
果馅饼 (果餡餅)guǒ xiàn bǐngtart
生涩 (生澀)shēng sèunripe; tart

Related words

Other words that share a character with 塔.

WordPinyinMeaning
金字塔jīn zì tǎpyramid (building or structure)
灯塔 (燈塔)dēng tǎlighthouse; measure word: 座 (zuò)
炮塔pào tǎgun turret
宝塔 (寶塔)bǎo tǎpagoda
塔楼 (塔樓)tǎ lóutower (of building)
铁塔 (鐵塔)tiě tǎiron tower

See also: Japanese symbol for “tart”.

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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