塔 — kanji meaning “pagoda”
塔
pagoda, tower, steeple
- Meanings
- pagoda, tower, steeple
- On'yomi
- トウ (tou)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1708 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 32
- Chinese reading
- tǎ, da — Chinese character page
Words with 塔
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 管制塔 | かんせいとう kanseitou | control tower |
| 鉄塔 | てっとう tettou | steel tower |
| 金字塔 | きんじとう kinjitou | pyramid |
| 仏塔 | ぶっとう buttou | stupa; pagoda |
| 砲塔 | ほうとう houtou | gun turret |
| 広告塔 | こうこくとう koukokutou | billboard; advertising tower |
| 司令塔 | しれいとう shireitou | control tower; conning tower |
| 尖塔 | せんとう sentou | spire; steeple; pinnacle |
| テレビ塔 | テレビとう terebitou | TV tower |
| 巨塔 | きょとう kyotou | tall tower; large tower |
| 塔子 | ターツ taatsu | chow missing one tile |
| 石塔 | せきとう sekitou | stone tower; stone pagoda |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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