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U+9676, 陶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9676

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 170, +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓中心人山 (NLPOU), four-corner 77220, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

In oracle bone and bronze inscriptions, ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : a mound of dirt () + two people () + earth () – "to dig", original character of . The shapes beneath the outermost were corrupted in bamboo slips, arriving at the modern form in seal script.

Now a phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *bl'uː, *luː) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : (soil mountain) + phonetic (OC *bl'uː, make pottery).

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (7)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter daw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dɑu/
Pan
Wuyun
/dɑu/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/daw/
Li
Rong
/dɑu/
Wang
Li
/dɑu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/dʱɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
táo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tou4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2
No. 12363
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*bl'uː/

Definitions

  1. pottery; ceramics
  2. to make pottery
  3. to cultivate; to educate; to mould
  4. contented; happy
  5. a surname
      ―  Táo Xíngzhī  ―  Tao Xingzhi (renowned Chinese educator and reformer)
    家嶺家岭  ―  Táojiālǐng Cūn  ―  Taojialing (a village in Yonglong, Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China)

Compounds

Descendants

  • Thai: เตา (dtao)

Pronunciation 2



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2
Initial () (36)
Final () (91)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter yew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jiᴇu/
Pan
Wuyun
/jiɛu/
Shao
Rongfen
/jæu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jiaw/
Li
Rong
/iɛu/
Wang
Li
/jĭɛu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/i̯ɛu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yáo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jiu4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 12373
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*luː/

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of 𨹋
  1. Used in 皋陶 (Gāoyáo).
  1. Used in 陶陶 (yáoyáo).
  2. Alternative form of  / (yáo)

Compounds

Pronunciation 3


Definitions

  1. Only used in 陶陶 (dàodào).

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: S
kan'on

/tau//tɔː//toː/

From Middle Chinese (MC daw).

Affix

(とう) (たう (tau)?

  1. pottery, ceramics
  2. (by extension) teach, instruct
  3. pleasant, indulgent
  4. cloudy, foggy
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
すえ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(rare)

/suwe//sue/

From Old Japanese.

The nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 据える (sueru, to set, lay), from the way they are formed and/or crafted by the hands. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

(すえ) (sueすゑ (swe)?

  1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) earthenware, pottery
Derived terms

Proper noun

(すえ) (Sueすゑ (Swe)?

  1. a surname

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 그도 (jil geudo do))

  1. hanja form? of (pottery, ceramics, earthenware)

(eumhun 화락할 (hwarakhal yo))

  1. hanja form? of (peaceful, harmonious, happy)

(eumhun 순임금 신하 (sunimgeumui sinha yo))

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Old Japanese

Etymology

The nominalization of the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 据う (suu, to set, lay), from the way they are formed and/or crafted by the hands. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Compounds

Noun

(suwe) (kana すゑ)

  1. earthenware, pottery

Descendants

  • Japanese: (sue)

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: đào

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