陶 táo — pottery, ceramic · English

陶

táo

pottery, ceramic

At a glance · 陶

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Evolution of the glyph

Five stages, from a sketch of the real object to regular script — tap a stage, drag the timeline, or play the animation.

Object sketchBefore writing · drawing what was seen
Oracle boneShang dynasty · c. 1300–1046 BCE
Seal scriptQin dynasty · 221–206 BCE
Clerical scriptHan dynasty · 206 BCE–220 CE
Regular scriptWei–Jin to Tang · c. 3rd–9th century CE

Object sketchBefore writing · drawing what was seenOracle boneShang dynasty · c. 1300–1046 BCESeal scriptQin dynasty · 221–206 BCEClerical scriptHan dynasty · 206 BCE–220 CERegular scriptWei–Jin to Tang · c. 3rd–9th century CE

陶字小篆从阜匋声，为形声字；本义为陶器、制陶，亦指陶然。甲骨文未见。

What the sketch shows

Origins & notes

陶本义为陶器、制陶，引申为陶冶、快乐。

Structure

形声字，左部『阜』为意符，右部『匋』为声符。

At a glance

Pinyintáo

Radical阝

Strokes11

UnicodeU+9676

Character type形声

Theme器物

Six languages, one character

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English pottery, ceramic Tao is a phonetic-semantic character meaning pottery and ceramics.

Français poterie, céramique Tao est un caractère phonético-sémantique signifiant poterie et céramique.

Español cerámica Tao es un carácter fonosemántico que significa cerámica.

العربية فخار، خزف تاو حرف صوتي دلالي يعني الفخار والخزف.

Русский керамика, гончарство Тао — фоносемантический знак, означающий керамику и гончарство.

Common words

陶瓷táo cíceramics
陶冶táo yěmold

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