塔
tǎ HSK6

tower

塔 tǎ
tower noun
A tall, narrow building or structure, such as a pylon or control tower.

他们在海边建起了一座灯塔。

tā​men zài hǎi​biān jiàn qǐ le yī zuò dēng​tǎ.

They built a lighthouse by the sea.

pagoda noun
A religious tower or stūpa (abbreviation for 塔 tǎ婆 pó), typically found in Buddhist contexts.

这座古塔已经有上千年的历史了。

zhè zuò gǔ tǎ yǐ​jīng yǒu shàng​qiān nián de lì​shǐ le.

This ancient pagoda has a history of over a thousand years.

tart noun
A small pastry crust with a filling, such as fruit or custard (loanword).

便利店里的蛋塔卖完了。

biàn​lì​diàn lǐ de dàn tǎ mài​wán le.

The egg tarts in the convenience store are sold out.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,030th most common 152.2 per million
Movie subtitles
883rd most common 131.5 per million appears in 24% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
41.7 per million appears in 10% of films
Written text
49.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+5854

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)