Chinese symbol for “ceramics”
陶瓷
táo cí
pottery and porcelain; ceramics
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ceramics is 陶瓷 (táo cí), defined as: pottery and porcelain; ceramics.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 陶瓷.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 瓷器 | cí qì | chinaware; porcelain |
| 瓷砖 (瓷磚) | cí zhuān | ceramic tile |
| 青瓷 | qīng cí | celadon (pottery) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ceramics”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.