漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
陶: pottery, porcelain
JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- ⻖hill(meaning)
- 匋(sound)
⻖ carries the meaning · 匋 gives the sound
11 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
トウtou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 陶芸とうげいceramic art; ceramics
- 陶器とうき
- 陶酔とうすいintoxication
- 陶磁器とうじきceramics; pottery and porcelain
- 鬱陶しいうっとうしいgloomy (e.g. mood); depressing
- 陶磁とうじclay
Also read すえ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Climb high! This radical represents the natural landscape of mounds, hills, and the protective physical barriers they provide for human settlements.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · táo
Same form: 陶 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 陶 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 陶 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin táo most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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