陶 (tou4 jiu4 | tao2 yao2) : pottery; cultivate; contented

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陶

tou4 jiu4

tao2 yao2

(jyutping) tou4, (pinyin) tao2
[1] [n,v] pottery; earthenware; make pottery
[2] [v] cultivate; mould; educate
[3] [adj] contented; happy; joyful
[4] [n] a Chinese family name

(jyutping) jiu4, (pinyin) yao2
皋陶 - name of a person in ancient China

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: (#170)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

陶

This word has been viewed 7597 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd Dec 2010 13:46

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薰陶 fan1 tou4 xun1 tao2 = nurture; cultivate

陶瓷 tou4 ci4 tao2 ci2 = ceramics, china, pottery

陶器 tou4 hei3 tao2 qi4 = earthenware

粗陶 cou1 tou4 = coarse pottery ware

陶醉 tou4 zeoi3 = infatuated

自我陶醉 zi6 ngo5 tou4 zeoi3 zi4 wo3 tao2 zui4 = narcissism

陶瓷刀 tou4 ci4 dou1 tao2 ci2 dao1 = ceramic knife

陶藝 tou4 ngai6 tao2 yi4 = ceramic art

立陶宛 laap6 tou4 jyun2 li4 tao2 wan3 = Lithuania

阿克陶 aa3 hak1 tou4 a1 ke4 tao2 = Aketao (place in Xinjiang)
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Decimal representation of this word: 陶
Unicode code for this character: U+9676 (off-site link)

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