塔 means “tower, pagoda”

とう · tou

Also: steeple

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

トウ

Taught in secondary school · 12 strokes

The story

Earth rises toward the sky in layered tiers: five-story pagodas stand as symbols of the five elements, reaching from earth to heaven.

Used in 五重塔 (gojuunotou, five-story pagoda) and 塔 (tou, tower)

More from Places & Buildings

• 宿 inn
• 堂 hall
• 城 castle
• 門 gate
• 園 garden
• 道 road
• 橋 bridge
• 港 harbor
• 場 place
• 蔵 storehouse
• 院 institution
• 階 floor

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.