塔

Glyph origin
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Etymology
Borrowed from a language into the late  of  (alternatively considered an early form of ), for example in the translations attributed to. Cf. 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and other forms, 🇨🇬, vs. 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) tower
 * 2) pagoda
 * 3) spire
 * 4) tall building
 * 5)  the Tower
 * 6)  tart
 * : Ta

Descendants
Others:

Kanji

 * 1) pagoda, tower, steeple

Compounds

 * , : a five-ring or five-level stone stupa
 * : a Buddhist reliquary stupa; a Buddhist temple pagoda or stupa
 * , : a five-storey pagoda
 * : a stone pagoda or stupa; a Buddhist tombstone
 * , : a three-storey pagoda
 * : a penthouse; a structure on top of a building, possibly the top of the elevator shaft, the stairs, ventilation equipment, or a water tower
 * : genus, including wild mints and basils;
 * : a tower crane
 * : the Taklamakan Desert
 * , : job title for the caretaker of a Buddhist cemetery
 * , : in Zen Buddhism, the location of a stupa for a past master or founder; the title of the monk in charge of that stupa; a small chapel within a larger temple
 * : an old grave; a graveyard, a cemetery
 * : a stupa: short for
 * : a Buddhist reliquary stupa
 * : a tower telescope, a tower observatory
 * : the Tarim Basin

Etymology 1
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From.

An abbreviation for, a transliteration of.

Noun

 * 1) tower
 * 2)  pagoda, stupa
 * 3)  steeple, spire
 * 4) turret
 * 1) turret

Derived terms

 * : the stacked floors of a pagoda
 * : an onsen (hot spring) in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture

Suffix

 * 1)  tower
 * 2)  pagoda, stupa
 * 3)  steeple, spire
 * 4) turret

Etymology 2
First appears in the  compilation of laws created in the early 900s, spelled phonetically in kanji as 阿良良伎. Spelled as, araragi literally means “wild onion” and refers to the wild rocambole, possibly , notable for its tall green stalk sticking straight up. Used as a euphemism for 塔 (tafu at the time), as that word's Buddhist connotations were viewed as taboo in contexts having to do with the religious center of Itsuki no Miya (, also known as ).

Noun

 * 1)  tower

Derived terms

 * : the title of a piece of bugaku Japanese court dance

Proper noun

 * 1)  The Tower, the sixteenth trump or major arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks
 * 2)  the title of a piece of bugaku Japanese court dance

Related terms

 * : the wild rocambole