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pagoda
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingトウ

Meanings

  1. pagodaRtK
  2. tower
    あそこ指さしHe pointed to the tower over there.tatoeba
    わずか西傾いThe tower leaned slightly to the west.tatoeba
  3. steeple
  1. spire
  2. stupa

Synonyms

タワーパゴダ塔婆

Radicals and components

Radicalearth
Components
How it's built

Mnemonic (RtK)

soil () · dirt () · ground () · flowers () · fit · meeting · umbrella · one () · mouth ()

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 270

Compound words

はこっぱみじんに爆破された。
The tower was blown to atoms.tatoeba
の写真はピンぼけだった。
The picture of the tower was out of focus.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

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