(tǎ) - tower, pagoda in Mandarin

tǎ

Traditional: 塔

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Translation

tower, pagoda

Word origin

A phono-semantic compound combining 土 (tǔ, earth) as the meaning element with 荅 (dá) as the phonetic, coined to write the Sanskrit-derived word for a Buddhist stupa or pagoda.

Origin: phono-semantic
Root: 土 (tǔ, earth) + 荅 (dá, phonetic)

Stroke order

塔

Examples

座zuò千qiān。

This pagoda has a thousand years of history.

顶dǐng。

We climbed to the top of the tower.

座zuò铁tiě。

Paris has a famous iron tower.

夕xī。

The distant tower looks beautiful in the setting sun.

寺sì庙miào座zuò。

There is a white pagoda beside the temple.

塔 (tǎ) means a tower or pagoda. The character was created to transcribe the Buddhist stupa and now covers towers of all kinds, from pagodas to the Eiffel Tower.

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This word is part of lesson 40.