陶
陶 — Pottery
pottery, porcelain
On’yomiトウ (tou)
Kun’yomiすえ (sue)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 陶
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 陶芸 | とうげい tougei | ceramic art; ceramics |
| 陶器 | とうき touki | pottery; earthenware; ceramics |
| 陶磁器 | とうじき toujiki | ceramics; pottery and porcelain |
| 陶酔 | とうすい tousui | intoxication; being fascinated (by); being carried away (by) |
| 鬱陶しい | うっとうしい uttoushii | gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating |
| 陶工 | とうこう toukou | potter; ceramist; ceramicist |
Study notes
陶 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1680 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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