陶 — Chinese character
陶
táo
pottery, ceramics
- Pinyin
- táo
- Radical
- 170 ⾩ (Mound)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 阝 匋
- Formation
- ideographic — A mound 阝 of clay 匋; 匋 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 陶 as a kanji
Common words with 陶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陶瓷 | táo cí | pottery and porcelain; ceramics |
| 陶器 | táo qì | pottery |
| 陶醉 | táo zuì | to be infatuated with; to be drunk with; to be enchanted with; to revel in |
| 熏陶 (薰陶) | xūn táo | to seep in; to influence |
| 陶冶 | táo yě | lit. to fire pots and smelt metal; fig. to educate |
| 陶土 | táo tǔ | potter's clay; kaolin |
| 陶艺 (陶藝) | táo yì | ceramic art |
| 自我陶醉 | zì wǒ táo zuì | self-satisfied; self-imbued |
| 制陶 (製陶) | zhì táo | to manufacture pottery |
| 黑陶 | hēi táo | black eggshell pottery (of the Neolithic Longshan culture) |
| 陶俑 | táo yǒng | a pottery figurine buried with the dead |
| 陶瓷器 | táo cí qì | pottery; chinaware |
English words written with 陶
陶 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Mencius 10 · Zhuangzi 3
- Analects 12.22
- Mencius 2A.8
- Mencius 3A.4
- Mencius 5A.2
- Mencius 6B.10
- Mencius 7A.35
- Mencius 7B.38
- Zhuangzi Transcendental Bliss
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