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陶
陶
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
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
陶 | |
|---|---|---|
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ
- Wade-Giles: t'ao2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taur
- IPA (key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: tou4, jiu4
- Yale: tòuh, yìuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: tou4, jiu4
- IPA (key): /tʰou̯²¹/, /jiːu̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô
- Tâi-lô: tô
- Phofsit Daibuun: dooi
- IPA (Xiamen): /tɤ²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /tɤ²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɤ¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /to²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ²³/
- (Hokkien)
| 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 |
| 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)
Japanese
Kanji
陶
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Readings
Compounds
- 陶工 (tōkō): a potter
- 陶土 (tōdo): potter's clay
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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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 陶
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|---|---|---|
| Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (匋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| 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 |