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陶 - táo

pottery, ceramics

pottery, ceramics

How to read 陶

Click 陶 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyintáo
Englishpottery, ceramics
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

陶俑 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 陶冶. Please read 陶匠 one more time.

Common words with this character

a pottery figurine buried with the dead
lit. to fire pots and smelt metal; fig. to educate
potter
David Tao , Taiwanese singer-songwriter

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 陶 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 陶俑 and 陶冶 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 陶.