The kanji 塔: meaning, readings and stroke order

塔

Meaning: tower
On reading: トウ tou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 12
Radical: 土 earth
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: tháp
Japanese: とう。たかくほそいたてもの。
Korean: 탑
Chinese: 塔

Readings, words and example sentences

トウ tou · on reading

鉄てっ塔とう
steel tower (such as for power lines)
山の上に 鉄てっ塔とうが立っています。
A steel tower stands on top of the mountain.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.