塔 – pagoda, tower, steeple

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1708 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 塔 means pagoda, tower, steeple. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is トウ (tou). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	トウ	tou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: 口・土・个・艾・一.

Words using 塔

塔とうtower

Example sentences

家からその塔が見える。

I see the tower from my house.

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Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土境域型均圧壊城執坂

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