塔
tǎ
pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆[ta3 po2], a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座[zuo4])
(loanword) (pastry) tart; old variant of 塔[ta3]
earth (土) + sound (荅) = a tower rising from the ground
荅 lends the sound tǎ; the earth radical (土) grounds the meaning, evoking a structure built up from the land. Towers and pagodas rise from the earth, so the semantic link feels natural even if the character was coined to transliterate a foreign word.
公园里有一座古老的塔。
gōng yuán lǐ yǒu yī zuò gǔ lǎo de tǎ。
There is an ancient pagoda in the park.
那座塔建于一千年前，每年吸引很多游客。
nà zuò tǎ jiàn yú yī qiān nián qián，měi nián xī yǐn hěn duō yóu kè。
That tower was built a thousand years ago and attracts many visitors every year.
Words with 塔
达科塔·芬妮
dá kē tǎ · fēn nī
Dakota Fanning, American actress
金塔
jīn tǎ
see 金塔縣|金塔县[Jin1 ta3 Xian4]
金塔县
jīn tǎ xiàn
Jinta, a county in Jiuquan City 酒泉市[Jiu3 quan2 Shi4], Gansu
金字塔
jīn zì tǎ
pyramid (building or structure)
金字塔式
jīn zì tǎ shì
downward-facing dog (yoga pose)
铁塔
tiě tǎ
iron tower
关塔纳摩
guān tǎ nà mó
Guantanamo, Cuba
关塔那摩
guān tǎ nà mó
Guantanamo
关塔那摩湾
guān tǎ nà mó wān
Guantanamo Bay (in Cuba)
阿拉塔斯
ā lā tǎ sī
surname Alatas
阿斯塔纳
ā sī tǎ nà
Astana, capital of Kazakhstan
阿尔伯塔
ā ěr bó tǎ
Alberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙頓|埃德蒙顿[Ai1 de2 meng2 dun4]