陶冶

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Chinese

pleased; pottery smelt
simp. and trad.
(陶冶) 		陶 冶

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 陶 冶
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 豪 (89) 麻 (100)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 徒刀切 羊者切
Baxter daw yaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/dɑu/ /jiaX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/dɑu/ /jiaX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/dɑu/ /iaX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/daw/ /jiaX/
Li
Rong 		/dɑu/ /iaX/
Wang
Li 		/dɑu/ /jĭaX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/dʱɑu/ /i̯aX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		táo yě
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		tou4 je5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 陶 冶
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 12363 14811
Phonetic
component 		匋 冶
Rime
group 		幽 魚
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		陶 野
Old
Chinese 		/*bl'uː/ /*laːʔ/

Verb

陶冶

  1. (literal) to make pottery and smelt metal
  2. (figurative) to cultivate; to train; to mould someone's character

Synonyms

  • (to cultivate): 教化 (jiàohuà)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (陶冶):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
陶 冶
とう
Grade: S 		や
Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

/tau ja/ → /tɔːja/ → /toːja/

From Middle Chinese 陶冶 (MC daw yaeX).

Pronunciation

Noun

陶(とう)冶(や) • (tōya) ←たうや (tauya)?

  1. crafting of pottery and smelting of metal
  2. (by extension) cultivation, training

Derived terms

Verb

陶(とう)冶(や)する • (tōya suru) ←たうや (tauya)?transitive suru (stem 陶(とう)冶(や)し (tōya shi), past 陶(とう)冶(や)した (tōya shita))

  1. to train, build (character, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "陶冶する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 陶冶し とうやし tōya shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 陶冶し とうやし tōya shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 陶冶する とうやする tōya suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 陶冶する とうやする tōya suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 陶冶すれ とうやすれ tōya sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 陶冶せよ¹
陶冶しろ² 		とうやせよ¹
とうやしろ² 		tōya seyo¹
tōya shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 陶冶される とうやされる tōya sareru
Causative 陶冶させる
陶冶さす 		とうやさせる
とうやさす 		tōya saseru
tōya sasu
Potential 陶冶できる とうやできる tōya dekiru
Volitional 陶冶しよう とうやしよう tōya shiyō
Negative 陶冶しない とうやしない tōya shinai
Negative continuative 陶冶せず とうやせず tōya sezu
Formal 陶冶します とうやします tōya shimasu
Perfective 陶冶した とうやした tōya shita
Conjunctive 陶冶して とうやして tōya shite
Hypothetical conditional 陶冶すれば とうやすれば tōya sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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