托塔 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

tuōtǎ

tower-bearing

tuō to hold up, support

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 乇 represents the sound.

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

乇 Sound component

tuō, zhé to depend on

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	l̥ʰaːɡ

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 荅 represents the sound.

土 Meaning component

tǔ earth

荅 Sound component

dā, dá, tà small bean

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		tʰuːb
Unicode	tɑp

《說文新附》：“塔，西域浮屠也。从土，答聲。”