Chinese symbol for “terracotta”
赤陶
chì táo
terracotta; terra cotta
The closest CC-CEDICT match for terracotta is 赤陶 (chì táo), defined as: terracotta; terra cotta.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 赤陶.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赤道 | chì dào | equator (of the earth or a celestial body); celestial equator |
| 赤字 | chì zì | (financial) deficit; red letter |
| 赤裸 | chì luǒ | naked; bare |
| 赤裸裸 | chì luǒ luǒ | bare; naked |
| 赤脚 (赤腳) | chì jiǎo | barefoot |
| 赤手空拳 | chì shǒu kōng quán | (idiom) with one's bare hands (unarmed – also figuratively: without assistance) |
| 陶瓷 | táo cí | pottery and porcelain; ceramics |
| 陶器 | táo qì | pottery |
See also: Japanese symbol for “terracotta”.
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.