Read Edit View history Discussion 塔 tǎ HSK6 tower Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 荅 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas tǎ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 塔 Simp strokes 塔 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 塔 Simp strokes 塔 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 塔 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 111, 502 ], [ 163, 502 ], [ 303, 547 ], [ 350, 550 ] ], [ [ 207, 775 ], [ 255, 737 ], [ 256, 723 ], [ 251, 385 ], [ 249, 359 ], [ 230, 332 ] ], [ [ 67, 237 ], [ 123, 233 ], [ 359, 385 ] ], [ [ 359, 648 ], [ 432, 643 ], [ 758, 693 ], [ 833, 694 ], [ 875, 682 ] ], [ [ 452, 766 ], [ 487, 739 ], [ 513, 571 ] ], [ [ 678, 826 ], [ 702, 807 ], [ 713, 783 ], [ 677, 659 ], [ 639, 560 ] ], 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277 565 Q 277 638 296 743 Q 299 753 279 768 Q 243 787 218 791 Q 202 794 194 785 Q 187 778 195 762 Q 222 725 223 698 Q 227 625 229 544 L 230 497 Q 230 415 227 324 C 226 294 269 316 270 346 Z", "M 227 324 Q 95 257 64 251 Q 52 247 52 237 Q 52 224 63 217 Q 88 207 124 194 Q 134 193 145 203 Q 175 239 320 339 Q 341 354 355 370 Q 365 380 364 389 Q 358 393 347 388 Q 310 369 270 346 L 227 324 Z", "M 701 663 Q 770 673 869 668 Q 882 667 887 676 Q 891 686 880 699 Q 835 735 743 712 Q 730 711 718 707 L 663 697 Q 594 687 521 674 L 478 669 Q 424 663 365 655 Q 338 652 357 639 Q 393 615 461 628 Q 471 632 484 634 L 522 642 Q 574 654 653 659 L 701 663 Z", "M 521 674 Q 518 713 518 742 Q 521 760 502 766 Q 465 784 446 780 Q 430 773 442 754 Q 469 718 478 669 L 484 634 Q 487 589 504 567 Q 516 557 521 567 Q 527 582 522 642 L 521 674 Z", "M 718 707 Q 718 717 750 777 Q 763 792 754 802 Q 741 818 706 835 Q 690 845 672 836 Q 662 829 670 818 Q 683 787 663 697 L 653 659 Q 629 569 630 559 Q 631 546 647 557 Q 662 569 701 663 L 718 707 Z", "M 596 505 Q 612 533 613 536 Q 609 548 585 554 Q 557 563 546 559 Q 539 558 537 545 Q 521 430 252 208 Q 233 193 258 197 Q 360 213 524 410 Q 546 446 582 486 L 596 505 Z", "M 582 486 Q 772 290 821 280 Q 911 280 971 295 Q 989 298 990 302 Q 991 309 977 313 Q 785 379 781 381 Q 673 441 596 505 C 573 524 561 508 582 486 Z", "M 472 312 Q 436 305 463 290 Q 503 266 557 282 Q 611 294 667 307 Q 692 313 696 317 Q 703 324 699 333 Q 692 343 664 350 Q 634 354 606 342 Q 578 332 546 324 Q 512 317 472 312 Z", "M 449 192 Q 437 196 412 200 Q 400 204 397 198 Q 390 192 399 176 Q 427 121 444 29 Q 448 1 464 -17 Q 482 -39 487 -23 Q 491 -13 490 5 L 486 41 Q 470 135 467 162 C 464 188 464 188 449 192 Z", "M 718 65 Q 740 153 771 176 Q 787 195 772 211 Q 756 224 704 247 Q 688 254 666 245 Q 582 211 449 192 C 419 188 438 154 467 162 Q 480 168 647 199 Q 668 205 677 196 Q 686 187 685 169 Q 678 118 670 76 C 665 47 710 36 718 65 Z", "M 490 5 Q 499 4 510 6 Q 579 21 727 32 Q 737 33 739 42 Q 739 49 718 65 L 670 76 Q 663 76 658 74 Q 562 52 486 41 C 456 37 460 6 490 5 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.