陶

陶 U+9676, 陶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9676 ← 陵 [U+9675] CJK Unified Ideographs 陷 → [U+9677]

Translingual

Han character

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

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

Glyph origin

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (匋) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
掏	*l̥ʰuː, *l'uː
蜪	*l̥ʰuː, *l'uː
陶	*bl'uː, *luː
萄	*l'uː
啕	*l'uː
淘	*l'uː
騊	*l'uː
匋	*bl'uː
祹	*l'uː
綯	*l'uː

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táo (tao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ

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

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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
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴, yiu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹/, /jiːu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô
    • Tâi-lô: tô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /to²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /to²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /to¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /to²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: tôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²⁴/

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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

1. pottery; ceramics
2. to make pottery
3. to cultivate; to educate; to mould
4. contented; happy
5. A surname​.

Compounds

Derived terms from 陶

• 交趾陶
• 奧陶紀／奥陶纪 (Àotáojì)
• 富埒陶白
• 富比陶衛／富比陶卫
• 彩陶
• 彩陶文化
• 樂樂陶陶／乐乐陶陶
• 樂陶陶／乐陶陶
• 灰陶
• 熏陶
• 甄陶
• 白陶
• 白陶罍
• 立陶宛 (Lìtáowǎn)
• 粗陶
• 精密陶瓷
• 紅陶／红陶
• 紫砂陶
• 綠釉陶／绿釉陶
• 繪彩陶／绘彩陶
• 自我陶醉
• 薰陶 (xūntáo)
• 赤土陶器 (chì tǔ táoqì)
• 遣興陶情／遣兴陶情
• 金屬陶瓷／金属陶瓷
• 鈞陶／钧陶

• 陶侃運甓／陶侃运甓
• 陶俑
• 陶偶
• 陶兀
• 陶冶 (táoyě)
• 陶化
• 陶唐
• 陶唐氏
• 陶器 (táoqì)
• 陶器婚
• 陶土 (táotǔ, “potter's clay”)
• 陶土製品／陶土制品
• 陶塑
• 陶寫／陶写
• 陶工 (táogōng, “potter”)
• 陶庵夢憶／陶庵梦忆
• 陶成
• 陶文 (táowén)
• 陶染
• 陶業／陶业
• 陶泓
• 陶潛三徑／陶潜三径
• 陶潛五柳／陶潜五柳
• 陶然
• 陶然亭
• 陶然自得

• 陶犬瓦雞／陶犬瓦鸡
• 陶猗
• 陶猗之富
• 陶瓷 (táocí)
• 陶瓷器 (táocíqì)
• 陶瓷工 (táocígōng)
• 陶瓷材料
• 陶甄
• 陶真 (táozhēn)
• 陶石
• 陶硯／陶砚
• 陶笵
• 陶笵法
• 陶藝／陶艺 (táoyì)
• 陶誕／陶诞
• 陶醉 (táozuì)
• 陶鈞／陶钧 (táojūn)
• 陶鎔／陶镕
• 陶鎔鼓鑄／陶镕鼓铸
• 陶鑄／陶铸
• 陶陶
• 陶陶兀兀
• 陶養／陶养
• 鬱陶／郁陶 (yùtáo)
• 黑陶
• 黑陶文化

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Japanese

Kanji

陶

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): 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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