塔 (tǎ): meaning and stroke order
塔 (tǎ) means pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆, a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座).
塔
- Simplified
- 塔
- Traditional
- 塔, 墖
- Pinyin
- tǎ
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Stroke order of 塔
塔
- tǎ pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆[ta3 po2], a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座[zuo4]); (loanword) (pastry) tart
- tǎ old variant of 塔[ta3]
- 12 strokes
- Traditional form: 墖
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Meaning of 塔
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tǎ
- pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆[ta3 po2], a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座[zuo4])
- (loanword) (pastry) tart
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tǎ
Traditional 墖
- old variant of 塔[ta3]
Radical and structure
- 塔
- Radical 土 (Kangxi radical 32) · 12 strokes · 土 on the left, 荅 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 塔
- 灯塔 dēng tǎ lighthouse; CL:座[zuo4]
- 雷峰塔 Léi fēng Tǎ Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake)
塔 in our stories
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许多年后，她的儿子考中了状元，回到塔前祭拜母亲。据说他的孝心感动了上天，雷峰塔倒了，母子终于团聚。
xǔduō nián hòu tā de érzi kǎo zhōng le zhuàngyuan huídào tǎ qián jìbài mǔqīn jùshuō tā de xiàoxīn gǎndòng le shàngtiān Léifēng Tǎ dǎo le mǔzǐ zhōngyú tuánjù
Many years later her son came first in the imperial examinations and returned to the pagoda to honour his mother. It is said his devotion moved Heaven: the Leifeng Pagoda fell, and mother and son were at last reunited.
From the story The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 塔
- The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).