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塔 pagoda, tower, steeple 2 1708 12 32 つち・つちへん・どへん 形声 Phonetic In order to build a pagoda in this small Japanese garden everything has to fit: the soil to the left and the flowers in the upper right corner. 270

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トウ 塔(とう): (1) tower; steeple; spire (2) stupa; pagoda; dagoba S 土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey荅: adzuki beans; thick 土 3 (none) pagoda Pictograph-o-rama. This is a corner of a Japanese garden, with a small mound of soil on the left, and a little concrete pagoda in the front with flowers behind it. (To my eye, the fit looks a lot like a little pagoda anyway. This may or may not cause confusion for you, though...).

Kanji	塔
Onyomi	トウ
English	pagoda, tower, steeple
Examples	塔(とう): (1) tower; steeple; spire (2) stupa; pagoda; dagoba
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1708
Components	土: soil; earth; ground; Turkey 荅: adzuki beans; thick
Number of Strokes	12
Kanji Radical	土
Radical Number	32
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	つち・つちへん・どへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	pagoda
Koohii Story 1	In order to build a pagoda in this small Japanese garden everything has to fit: the soil to the left and the flowers in the upper right corner.
Koohii Story 2	Pictograph-o-rama. This is a corner of a Japanese garden, with a small mound of soil on the left, and a little concrete pagoda in the front with flowers behind it. (To my eye, the fit looks a lot like a little pagoda anyway. This may or may not cause confusion for you, though...).
RTK Index (new)	270

Pagoda Small Japanese Soil Flowers 塔 トウ Tower

Pagoda Small Japanese Soil Flowers 塔トウ Tower