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塔 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「土」

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4Junior high level ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「土」
On
トウとう · tō
Kun
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Meaning
tower; pagoda

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

土 "earth" with 荅: a structure of earth piled high — a tower.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onトウとうtō五重の塔ごじゅうのとう石塔せきとう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 鉄塔てっとう

    steel tower

  • 五重塔ごじゅうのとう

    five-storey pagoda

More words with this kanji

  • 磚塔せんとう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

寺(てら)の五(ご)重(じゅう)塔(とう)を見上(みあ)げた。

I looked up at the temple's five-storey pagoda.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

五重塔五重塔鉄塔塔五five重heavy鉄iron坊boy執take…堅hard堤embank…壊break到reach逃escape桃peach倒fall…透transp…
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Compound

Map of radical 土Map of reading トウAll maps

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