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塔 (とう, tou) Japanese meaning: tower | Kotomora
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Tokyo Tower is a 332.9-meter-tall tower.
A cross can be seen on top of the church steeple.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 塔とう が 建た つ a tower is built/stands in a place
A tall tower was built in the center of town.
塔とう がそびえる a tower rises/looms tall
An old tower rose in the distance.
塔とう に 登のぼ る to climb up a tower
All the tourists climbed the tower to see the view.
Related words 塔 is the native Japanese word for a tower and covers everything from steeples to pagodas, while タワー is a loanword usually reserved for tall, modern Western-style towers (like 東京タワー).
卒塔婆 is the full, more formal term for a Buddhist stupa, while 塔 is the everyday abbreviation used in the same sense.
塔 is the general word for a free-standing, often slender tower, while 楼 emphasizes a multi-storied building that is often part of a larger structure or complex.
パゴダ specifically denotes an Asian Buddhist pagoda, while 塔 is the broader Japanese word for any tower or pagoda-like structure.
塔 refers to a slender tower or spire, while 楼閣 implies a larger, multistoried palace-like building.
Don't confuse with 塔 (とう, tower) and 灯 (とう, light/lamp) are pronounced identically but refer to completely different things, so context or kanji is needed to tell them apart.
塔 (とう, meaning tower) shares a similar sound with トゥ but refers to a completely unrelated structure, not a toe.
Word family· 54 gun turret
billboard; advertising tower · face (of a company, group, etc.); poster boy/girl
steel tower · electricity pylon; transmission tower
control tower; conning tower · leader; commander; person calling the shots · playmaker; game maker
Etymology From Middle Chinese 塔 (tɑp̚), originally a transcription of Sanskrit stupa. The character was created in Chinese to represent this Buddhist structure.
pyramid · monumental work; landmark achievement
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spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
TV tower; television tower
five-storied pagoda
tall tower; large tower
stone tower; stone pagoda · tombstone; gravestone
Buddhist stupa; pagoda
two-storied Buddhist tower
stupa; pagoda · wooden grave tablet
minaret
round tower
oval tombstone; egg-shaped gravestone
temple buildings; halls and pagodas
rooftop structure; penthouse; elevator machine room
tall building; tower
ruins of a tower
leaning tower
bridge tower
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