| 水 | shuǐ tǎ | water tower | 
| 水 | Shuǐ | surname Shui | 
| 水 | shuǐ | water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment | 
| 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 |