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三重塔 (さんじゅうのとう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

三重塔さんじゅうのとう

Meanings

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noun

three-storied pagoda

A Buddhist pagoda with three tiers, commonly found in Japanese temple architecture.

京きょう都との清きよ水みず寺でらには有ゆう名めいな三さん重じゅう塔のとうがあります。
There is a famous three-storied pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto.

Kanji

三three
重heavy, important, esteem
塔pagoda, tower, steeple

Similar words

五重塔ごじゅうのとう
A five-storied pagoda, more common and iconic than the three-storied version.

Etymology

Compound of 三 (san, 'three'), 重 (jū, 'layer' or 'tier'), and 塔 (tō, 'tower' or 'pagoda'). The reading さんじゅうのとう reflects the combination of on'yomi readings with the genitive particle の inserted for euphony.