塔 Strokes Write it Listen 塔 tǎ pagoda; tower; minaret HSK 6 12 strokes Radical 土 Sound + meaning 2 words Built from土meaningtǔsoil, earth; items made of earth荅sounddāto answer; small bean; thick, heavy How it works土 hints at the meaning (earth), and 荅 dā hints at the sound.