Meanings

Pagoda, Tower, Steeple

Radicals

土

Decomposition

⿰土荅

Etymology

Pictophonetic: earth

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 vertical top-right-to-bottom-left

3 rising bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

5 vertical right-to-left

6 vertical right-to-left

7 diagonal right-to-left

8 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

10 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

11 corner top-left-to-bottom-right

12 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

トウ tou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

70 words total

Other (10 words)

冷却塔れいきゃくとう

cooling tower

堂塔伽藍どうとうがらん

religious buildings (temples, shrines, pagodas, etc.)

五輪塔ごりんとう

five-part gravestone representing earth, water, fire, wind and heaven

ruins of a tower

electricity pylon

water tower

bridge tower

Watchtower (magazine)

バベルの塔バベルのとう

Tower of Babel

テレビ塔テレビとう

TV tower

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