Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1708 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: pagoda, tower, steeple

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: トウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: つちへん

Meaning: earth

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(とう)   tower

(てっとう)   pylon, steel tower

(ぶっとう)   pagoda

婆(そとうば/*そとば)   wooden grave tablet, stupa

管制(かんせいとう)   control tower

テレビ(テレビとう)   TV tower

エッフェル(エッフェルとう)   Eiffel Tower

五重の(ごじゅうのとう)   five-storied pagoda

Onyomi Examples

トウ tower, steeple, spire, stupa, pagoda, dagoba

トウヤ rooftop structure, e.g. tower, elevator machine room, etc.

バベルの バベルノトウ Tower of Babel

テットウ steel tower, electricity pylon, transmission tower