塔
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pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆[ta3 po2], a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座[zuo4]); (loanword) (pastry) tart
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 土 +10
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 塔
- Common rank
- #306
- Unicode
- U+5854
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
pagoda · Heisig RSH #264
dirt + flower + 合 fit
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 塔
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 塔城地区 | 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 | Baita, a district of Liaoyang City 遼陽市|辽阳市[Liao2 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning | |
| 金塔县 | Jinta, a county in Jiuquan City 酒泉市[Jiu3 quan2 Shi4], Gansu | |
| 阿拉塔斯 | surname Alatas; Ali Alatas (1932-2008), Indonesian foreign minister (1988-1999) | |
| 尼安德塔人 | Neanderthal man | |
| 塔拉斯河 | Talas River, originating in Kyrgyzstan and flowing west into Kazakhstan | |
| 塔斯马尼亚 | Tasmania (Tw) | |
| 法马古斯塔 | Famagusta (Ammochostos), Cyprus | |
| 斯塔西 | Stacy (name) | |
| 德尔塔 | delta (Greek letter Δ, δ) | |
| 塔城市 | 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 | Sistani (name of a prominent Iraqi Ayatollah) | |
| 红塔区 | Hongta, a district of Yuxi City 玉溪市[Yu4 xi1 Shi4], Yunnan | |
| 塔河县 | 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 | Tagalog (language) | |
| 塔国 | Tajikistan | |
| 水塔 | water tower | |
| 北塔区 | Beita, a district of Shaoyang City 邵陽市|邵阳市[Shao4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan | |
| 塔塔儿人 | Tartar (person) | |
| 金字塔 | pyramid (building or structure) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 荅 — compare how they read.