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.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tart”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 酸 | suān | sour; tart |
| 涩 (澀) | sè | astringent; tart |
| 挞 (撻) | tà | (bound form) to whip; to flog; (loanword) (pastry) tart (colloquial pr. [ta3]) |
| 果馅饼 (果餡餅) | guǒ xiàn bǐng | tart |
| 生涩 (生澀) | shēng sè | unripe; tart |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 塔.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 金字塔 | jīn zì tǎ | pyramid (building or structure) |
| 灯塔 (燈塔) | dēng tǎ | lighthouse; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 炮塔 | pào tǎ | gun turret |
| 宝塔 (寶塔) | bǎo tǎ | pagoda |
| 塔楼 (塔樓) | tǎ lóu | tower (of building) |
| 铁塔 (鐵塔) | tiě tǎ | iron 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.