# 塔 — tower; pagoda

塔 means “tower; pagoda”. It is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 12 strokes. On'yomi: トウ (tou). It has no common kun'yomi. You'll see it in words such as 塔 (tou, “tower; steeple”).

- Meaning: tower; pagoda
- On'yomi: トウ (tou)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 12
- Level: JLPT N2 · set Buildings & rooms

## How to remember 塔

Parts: 土 earth · 艹 grass · 合 fit

## Words with 塔

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 塔 | とう (tou) | tower; steeple |

## Don't confuse it with

[搭](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/get-on-board/) · [勤](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/go-to-work/) · [僅](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/a-little/) · [拾](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/pick-up/)

## More in the “Buildings & rooms” set

[城](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/castle/) · [築](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/erect/) · [居](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/reside/) · [壁](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/wall/) · [床](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/floor/) · [窓](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/window/) · [殿](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/palace/) · [軒](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/eaves/) · [塔](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/tower/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/tower/. Last updated 2026-11-01.