懂中文 Dong Chinese

塔

tǎ

tower

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 荅 represents the sound.

Components
土 meaning component

土  Meaning component

tǔ

  

earth

荅 sound component

荅  Sound component

dā, dá

  

small bean

Evolution

塔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
塔 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

塔  

tǎ

tower, spire, tall building; pagoda; tower; minaret; stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo); CL:座[zuò]

塔 (墖) 

tǎ

old variant of 塔[tǎ]

Most common words with 塔
Freq.
Word
Meaning

塔

pagoda

金字塔

pyramid (building or structure)

塔利班

Taliban (Farsi: student), Afghan guerrilla faction

灯塔

lighthouse

卡塔尔

Qatar