Word Meaning 供養塔

くようとう kuyoutou

供養塔 is read as くようとう (kuyoutou) and means memorial tower.

Meaning

English

  1. memorial tower

Reading

Kana

くようとう

Romaji

kuyoutou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 123350 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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供養

くよう

memorial service for the dead

供養塚

くようづか

unknown person's grave

手元供養

てもとくよう

keeping (part of) a person's ashes in one's home or inside a pendant, etc.

水子供養

みずごくよう

memorial service to appease an aborted foetus

永代供養

えいたいくよう

services performed in perpetuity by a Buddhist temple for the repose of a departed soul

針供養

はりくよう

memorial service for old needles

花供養

はなくよう

commemoration of the Buddha's birthday

追善供養

ついぜんくよう

memorial service

開眼供養

かいげんくよう

ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes (thereby investing it with soul)

供応

きょうおう

entertaining with food and drink

供給源

きょうきゅうげん

source of supply

供託

きょうたく

deposit