陶

Translingual

Etymology

Historical forms of the character 陶
Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Han character

陶 (radical 170 阜+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓中心人山 (NLPOU), four-corner 7722₀, composition ⿰⻖匋)

1. pottery, ceramics
2. make pottery
3. cultivate, educate, mould
4. contented, happy
5. used as a surname

References

• KangXi: page 1354, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41705
• Dae Jaweon: page 1858, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4139, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9676

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		陶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táo (tao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴, jiu⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): tô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: táo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ
    • Wade-Giles: t'ao²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taur
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴, jiu⁴
    • Yale: tòuh, yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴, jiu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹/, /jiːu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô
    • Tâi-lô: tô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dooi
    • IPA (Taipei): /to²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɤ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /jiᴇu/, /dɑu/▼

Rime
Character	陶	陶
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	餘昭切	徒刀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇu/	/dɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛu/	/dɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/jæu/	/dɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaw/	/daw/
Li Rong	/iɛu/	/dɑu/
Wang Li	/jĭɛu/	/dɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛu/	/dʱɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo	táo

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*bl'uː/, /*luː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	陶	陶
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12363	12373
Phonetic component	匋	匋
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	陶	遙
Old Chinese	/*bl'uː/	/*luː/

Definitions

陶

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Derived terms

• 陶土 (táotǔ): potter's clay
• 陶工 (táogōng): a potter
• 陶瓷工 (táocígōng)

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Japanese

Kanji

陶

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: とう (tō), よう (yō)
• Kun: すえ (sue)

Compounds

• 陶工 (とうこう) ‎(tōkō): a potter
• 陶土 (とうど) ‎(tōdo): potter's clay

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Korean

Hanja

陶 • ‎(do, yo) (hangeul 도, 요, revised do, yo, McCune-Reischauer to, yo, Yale to, yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

陶 (đào)

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