Chinese Character 塔 Meanings and components.

Form

塔

Meaning

塔 meaning[3] in English

Pagoda.

Tower.

Minaret.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 塔 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Tu (ethnic group) (土) , and to answer (荅)

Its radical[1] is: 土 (tu3) which means: Tu (Ethnic Group), Surname Tu, .土tu3Tu (ethnic …

In cangjie it is written with GTOR

How to write 塔

To write塔ta3pagoda you should write a combination of 土tu3Tu (ethnic … , 荅da1to answer arranged in a 吅 shape:

土 + 荅 = 塔

塔 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 塔 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 塔, looks as follow:

塔
Pinyin:ta3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Pagoda . Tower . Minaret . Stupa (Abbr. Loanword From Sanskrit Tapo) . Cl:座[Zuo4]
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
荅
Pinyin:da1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Answer . Agree
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
合
Pinyin:he2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: 100 Ml . One-Tenth Of A Peck . Measure For Dry Grain Equal To One-Tenth Of Sheng 升 Or Liter, Or One-Hundredth Dou 斗
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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