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TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
塔 character · C1 (est.)
塔 ＝ 土 ＋ 荅
ㄊㄚˇ · tǎ
noun — a tower, pagoda

字源 FORM — what the parts do

土義earth piled into a mound, the base it rises from
荅聲dá — gives the soundgrass 艸 over a fitting lid 合
{d,t}ITdá → tǎ — the {d,t} crossing; tone shifts too
A mound of earth (土) built up tier on tier; 荅 dá carries the sound, d worn to t. Coined to write the Buddhist stupa, then any tall stacked structure: 寶塔、燈塔、鐵塔.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一層層土（土）疊上去，越疊越高——一座塔。
Layer on layer of earth (土) stacked up, higher and higher — a tower.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)塔、寶塔— a pagoda, tower常用
→燈塔、鐵塔— a lighthouse; iron tower
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
搭dāshares 荅 — 搭 takes the hand 扌, 塔 takes the earth 土荅dáthe sound half — 塔 adds 土, 荅 alone is the small bean