塔
tǎTraditional: 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
座千。
This pagoda has a thousand years of history.
顶。
We climbed to the top of the tower.
座铁。
Paris has a famous iron tower.
夕。
The distant tower looks beautiful in the setting sun.
寺庙座。
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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