塔
塔 — Pagoda
pagoda, tower, steeple
On’yomiトウ (tou)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 塔
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 塔 | とう tou | tower; steeple; spire |
| バベルの塔 | バベルのとう baberunotou | Tower of Babel |
| エッフェル塔 | エッフェルとう effuerutou | Eiffel Tower |
| 管制塔 | かんせいとう kanseitou | control tower |
| 鉄塔 | てっとう tettou | steel tower; electricity pylon; transmission tower |
| 金字塔 | きんじとう kinjitou | pyramid; monumental work; landmark achievement |
Study notes
塔 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1708 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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