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)

Derived characters

• 𭲏, 𬞌, 𩍂, 𡒘

References

• KangXi: page 1354, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41705
• Dae Jaweon: page 1858, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *bl'uː, *luː): semantic 阝 (“soil mountain”) + phonetic 匋 (OC *bl'uː).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táo (tao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): tau²
• Min Bei (KCR): dǎu
• Min Nan (POJ): tô / tô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: táo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taur
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴
    • Yale: tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: tau²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰau²⁴/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dǎu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô
    • Tâi-lô: tô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /to¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, 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: /dɑu/

Rime
Character	陶
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒刀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daw/
Li Rong	/dɑu/
Wang Li	/dɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	táo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bl'uː/

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

Definitions

陶

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

   陶行知  ―  Táo Xíngzhī  ―  Tao Xingzhi (renowned Chinese educator and reformer)

   陶家嶺村 / 陶家岭村  ―  Táojiālǐng Cūn  ―  Taojialing (a village in Yonglong, Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China)

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 (báitáo)
• 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
• 阿克陶 (Ākètáo)
• 陶侃運甓／陶侃运甓
• 陶俑 (táoyǒng)

• 陶偶
• 陶兀
• 陶冶 (táoyě)
• 陶劉／陶刘 (Táoliú)
• 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
• 陶城 (Táochéng)
• 陶場／陶场 (Táochǎng)
• 陶塑 (táosù)
• 陶家嶺／陶家岭 (Táojiālǐng)
• 陶家河 (Táojiāhé)
• 陶寫／陶写
• 陶工 (táogōng, “potter”)
• 陶店 (Táodiàn)
• 陶庵夢憶／陶庵梦忆
• 陶成
• 陶文 (táowén)
• 陶染
• 陶業／陶业
• 陶泓
• 陶港 (Táogǎng)
• 陶潛三徑／陶潜三径
• 陶潛五柳／陶潜五柳
• 陶然 (táorán)

• 陶然亭 (Táorántíng)
• 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
• 陶笛 (táodí)
• 陶笵
• 陶笵法
• 陶藝／陶艺 (táoyì)
• 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

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yáo (yao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˊ
    • Wade–Giles: yao2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu⁴
    • Yale: yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /jiᴇu/

Rime
Character	陶
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	餘昭切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/jæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiaw/
Li Rong	/iɛu/
Wang Li	/jĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*luː/

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

Definitions

陶

1. Used in 皋陶 (Gāoyáo).
2. Used in 陶陶.
3. Alternative form of 窯／窑 (yáo).

Compounds

• 陶誕／陶诞

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dào (dao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ
    • Wade–Giles: tao4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daw
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dào
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

陶

1. Only used in 陶陶.

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Japanese

Kanji

陶

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō, Jōyō); よう (yō)
• Kun: すえ (sue, 陶)

Compounds

• 陶(とう)工(こう) (tōkō): a potter
• 陶(とう)土(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: Hán Nôm readings: đào

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