塔
pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆[ta3 po2], a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座[zuo4]); (loanword) (pastry) tart
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #306 U+5854
How 塔 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
土 (semantic, “earth”) + 荅 (phonetic, dá)
How to remember it
pagoda · Heisig RSH #264
dirt + flower + 合 fit
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 荅
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 荅 (dá) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荅 sound component | dá | to answer; small bean; thick, heavy |
| 搭 | dā | to attach, to build, to join |
| 瘩 | dá | pimples |
| 嗒 | dā | absent-minded |
| 褡 | dā | girdle, loincloth; bag, pouch |
Words containing 塔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 塔城地区 | Tǎ chéng Dì qū | Tarbaĝatay, prefecture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区[Xin1 jiang1 … |
| 白塔区 | Bái tǎ Qū | Baita, a district of Liaoyang City 遼陽市|辽阳市[Liao2 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 金塔县 | Jīn tǎ Xiàn | Jinta, a county in Jiuquan City 酒泉市[Jiu3 quan2 Shi4], Gansu |
| 阿拉塔斯 | Ā lā tǎ sī | surname Alatas; Ali Alatas (1932-2008), Indonesian foreign minister (1988-1999) |
| 尼安德塔人 | Ní ān dé tǎ rén | Neanderthal man |
| 塔拉斯河 | Tǎ lā sī Hé | Talas River, originating in Kyrgyzstan and flowing west into Kazakhstan |
| 塔斯马尼亚 | Tǎ sī mǎ ní yà | Tasmania (Tw) |
| 法马古斯塔 | Fǎ mǎ gǔ sī tǎ | Famagusta (Ammochostos), Cyprus |
| 斯塔西 | Sī tǎ xī | Stacy (name) |
| 德尔塔 | dé ěr tǎ | delta (Greek letter Δ, δ) |
| 塔城市 | Tǎ chéng Shì | Tacheng, a county-level city in Tacheng Prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Ta3 cheng2 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang |
| 西斯塔尼 | Xī sī tǎ ní | Sistani (name of a prominent Iraqi Ayatollah) |
| 红塔区 | Hóng tǎ Qū | Hongta, a district of Yuxi City 玉溪市[Yu4 xi1 Shi4], Yunnan |
| 塔河县 | Tǎ hé Xiàn | Tahe, a county in Daxing'anling Prefecture 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区[Da4 xing1 an1 ling3 Di4 qu1], Hei… |
| 塔加路族语 | Tǎ jiā lù zú yǔ | Tagalog (language) |
| 塔国 | Tǎ guó | Tajikistan |
| 水塔 | shuǐ tǎ | water tower |
| 北塔区 | Běi tǎ Qū | Beita, a district of Shaoyang City 邵陽市|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan |
| 塔塔儿人 | Tǎ tǎ r rén | Tartar (person) |
| 金字塔 | jīn zì tǎ | pyramid (building or structure) |