Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
Variants:
pagoda, tower, steeple
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1708 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 塔 【トウ】 tower, steeple, spire, stupa, pagoda, dagoba
  • 塔跡 【トウアト】 ruins of a tower
  • バベルの塔 【バベルノトウ】 Tower of Babel
  • 鉄塔 【テットウ】 steel tower, electricity pylon, transmission tower

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ta3, da5
Korean:
tab

Spanish

  • pagoda
  • torre
  • capitel

Portuguese

  • pagode
  • torre
  • campanário

French

  • pagode
  • tour
  • clocher
1651 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1516 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1109 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1570 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
437 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1558 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1840 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1991 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1438 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
383 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
683 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
411 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
517 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
260 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5332X Morohashi
561 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1052 New Nelson (John Haig)
254 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
270 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1517 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1477 2001 Kanji
3b9.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
4416.1 Four corner code
1-37-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5854 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
old woman, grandma, wet nurse
Kun:
ばばばあ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2435 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 婆 【ババ】 old woman, joker (in old maid)
  • 婆 【ババア】 old woman, hag, old bag
  • 提婆 【ダイバ】 deva (being with god-like characteristics)
  • 湯婆 【タンポ】 hot-water bottle, metal sake jug, sake warmer

Kun reading compounds

  • 婆 【ばば】 old woman, joker (in old maid)
  • 婆 【ばばあ】 old woman, hag, old bag
  • 祖父祖母 【じじばば】 old people, grandparents
  • 遣り手婆 【やりてばば】 brothel madam
  • 婆さん 【ばあさん】 grandmother, old woman, female senior citizen
  • 婆ちゃん 【ばあちゃん】 granny, grandma, gran, old lady, old woman
  • 糞婆 【くそばばあ】 old hag, old woman, old bat
  • 鬼婆 【おにばば】 hag, witch, bitch, penurious or spiteful old woman, termagant, virago

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
po2
Korean:
pa

Spanish

  • anciana
  • abuela

Portuguese

  • senhora
  • avó
  • ama de leite

French

  • vieille femme
  • grand-mère
  • nourrice
1684 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2039 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1234 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1262 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1931 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2116 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1902 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
430 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3433 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1768 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2407 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
812 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6390 Morohashi
2762 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1240 New Nelson (John Haig)
804 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
867 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1421 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
369 2001 Kanji
3e8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-3 SKIP code
3440.4 Four corner code
1-39-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5a46 Unicode hex code