塔

tǎ

pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 tǎ pó, a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa)…

Radical: 土 Strokes: 12 HSK 6

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

地土城坐场堂圣基塞墨在壁

Same radical

地土城坐场堂圣基塞墨在壁垂境墙

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Character Decomposition

塔=土+荅

Etymology

earth

Meanings

pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆 tǎ pó, a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon

(loanword) (pastry) tart

tǎ

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Words with 塔 308 total

a tower crane吊塔diào tǎ pagoda宝塔bǎo tǎ beta (Greek letter Β, β)贝塔bèi tǎ pagoda佛塔fó tǎ gun turret炮塔pào tǎ memorial pagoda灵塔líng tǎ water tower水塔shuǐ tǎ Tallinn, capital of Estonia塔林Tǎ lín control tower塔台tǎ tái iron tower铁塔tiě tǎ pine cone松塔sōng tǎ tower crane塔吊tǎ diào eta (Greek letter Η, η)伊塔yī tǎ serac冰塔bīng tǎ Defense of the Ancients (DotA), video game刀塔Dāo tǎ ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna or Basque homeland and freedom), Basque armed separatist group埃塔Aī tǎ Lhagang grassland in Dartsendo county, Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan塔公Tǎ gōng Buddhist ornamentation decorating the upper story of a pagoda塔刹tǎ chà thaler or taler (currency of various Germanic countries in 15th-19th centuries) (loanword)塔勒tǎ lè (loanword) taco塔口tǎ kǒu (loanword) taco塔可tǎ kě Tajikistan塔国Tǎ guó spire · peak of a pagoda塔尖tǎ jiān

Idioms with 塔 6 total Chain

(lit.) many sand grains accumulate to form a tower (idiom) · (fig.) many little things add up to sth great聚沙成塔jù shā chéng tǎ the ivory tower象牙之塔xiàng yá zhī tǎ

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