| 塔 | Tǎ Zhōu | Tasmania (abbr. for 塔斯曼尼亚州) | 
| 塔 | tǎ | pagoda (abbr. for 塔婆, a loanword from Sanskrit stūpa); tower; pylon (CL:座) / (loanword) (pastry) tart | 
| 塔 | tǎ | old variant of 塔 | 
| 州 | zhōu | prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland) |