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塔 = 土 + 荅

塔 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “tower”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 荅 (answer: small bean).

Keyword
tower
Pinyin (Mandarin)
tǎ
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
tower, spire, tall building, башня, высокое здание, шпиль, spire, tall building
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
塔 pagoda

Decomposition

ids

  1. 土 soil
  2. 荅 answer: small bean

How to find 塔 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “soil” + “answer: small bean”. 塔 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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