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塔 = 合 + 土 + 艹

塔 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “pagoda”. It is built from 合 (fit), 土 (soil) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 270.

Keyword
pagoda
RTK frame
270
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
トウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
пагода
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
塔 tower

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 合 fit
  2. 土 soil
  3. 艹 mugwort

How to find 塔 without knowing its reading

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

Open 塔 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.