Chinese symbol for “tower”
塔楼
tǎ lóu
Traditional: 塔樓
tower (of building)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tower is 塔楼 (tǎ lóu), defined as: tower (of building).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tower”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 矗立 | chù lì | to tower; standing tall and upright (of large building) |
| 屹立 | yì lì | to tower; to stand straight (of person's bearing) |
| 高塔 | gāo tǎ | tower; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 塔 | tǎ | pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 (tǎ pó), a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座 (zuò)); (loanword) (pastry) tart |
| 层楼 (層樓) | céng lóu | multistoried building; tower |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 塔楼.
| 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 |
| 铁塔 (鐵塔) | tiě tǎ | iron tower |
| 大楼 (大樓) | dà lóu | building (a relatively large, multistory one); measure word: 幢 (zhuàng), 座 (zuò) |
| 楼下 (樓下) | lóu xià | downstairs |
| 楼梯 (樓梯) | lóu tī | stair; staircase |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tower”.
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.