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陶

陶 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. すえ。やきもの。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「阜」 + 音符「匋」。地名｛陶｝を表す字。のち仮借して「すえ」「やきもの」を意味する漢語｛陶｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

pottery, porcelain

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • トウJHS
Kun (native)
  • すえ
Nanori (used in names)
  • す
Other languages
  • 拼音tao2
  • 拼音yao2
  • 한글do
  • 한글yo
  • Hán-ViệtĐào
  • Hán-ViệtGiao

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
阜(おか)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+9676

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰阝匋

Words using this kanji

  • 陶芸とうげい陶磁器をつくること。陶磁器による芸術のこと。焼き物。ceramic art, ceramics
  • 陶器とうき陶磁器のうち、吸水性・非透光性があるもの。土器より硬く、磁器より柔らかい。 陶磁器のこと。やきもの。pottery, earthenware, ceramics, (soft-paste) porcelain
  • 陶磁器とうじき陶器と磁器。焼き物の総称。ceramics, pottery and porcelain
  • 陶酔とうすい気持ちよく酔うこと、酔っている状態。 感動し、心を奪われること。 気持ちよく酔う。intoxication, being fascinated (by), being carried away (by), being enraptured (by)
  • 陶工とうこう陶磁器をつくる職人。potter, ceramist, ceramicist
  • 陶磁とうじclay
  • 陶すえ（すえ）陶器。 （すえ）日本人の姓の一つ。pottery, earthenware, ceramics, porcelain
  • 陶冶とうや人の生まれもった性質や能力を発達、向上させること。薫陶。training, education, cultivation, making pottery and casting metal
  • 陶土とうど陶器の原料となる白色の粘土。高嶺（カオリン）の一つ。potter's clay, kaolin, china clay
  • 陶然とうぜん気持ちよく酒に酔い、うっとりすること。また、そのさま。tipsy, pleasantly drunk, mellow, entranced
  • 陶製とうせい陶磁器でつくらていること。また、そのようなもの。ceramics
  • 陶片とうへんpotsherd, shard, fragment of pottery
  • 陶板とうばんceramic tile, ceramic panel, porcelain tile
  • 陶物すえものearthenware, pottery, china
  • 陶枕とうちん陶磁器製の枕。porcelain pillow (used in summer)
  • 陶盤すえざらceramic plate
  • 陶歯とうし陶器製の義歯。porcelain tooth
  • 陶画とうが陶器に描かれた絵。picture painted on porcelain, porcelain painting
  • 陶芸家とうげいか陶芸を行う工芸家。potter
  • 陶酔境とうすいきょうintoxication (by liquor, music, etc.), rapture, fascination

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
Four Corner
7722.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2d8.11
Heisig
2117
Nelson
5003