陶

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pottery; pleased

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A mound 阝 of clay 匋; 匋 also provides the pronunciation

Components 阝匋

pottery · Heisig RSH #2883

pinnacle + canteen

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
阿克陶县	Ā kè táo Xiàn	Akto, a county in Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州\|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[Ke4 zi1 le4…
制陶工人	zhì táo gōng rén	potter
定陶区	Dìng táo Qū	Dingtao, a district of Heze City 菏澤市\|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4], Shandong
阿克陶	Ā kè táo	see 阿克陶縣\|阿克陶县[A1 ke4 tao2 Xian4]
陶行知	Táo Xíng zhī	Tao Xingzhi (1891-1946), Chinese educator and reformer
司陶特	sī táo tè	(Tw) (loanword) stout (beer)
叶圣陶	Yè Shèng táo	Ye Shengtao (1894-1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books
白陶	bái táo	white pottery (of Shang Dynastry 16-11th century BC)
陶工	táo gōng	pottery; potter
馆陶县	Guǎn táo Xiàn	Guantao, a county in Handan City 邯鄲市\|邯郸市[Han2 dan1 Shi4], Hebei
奥陶系	Ào táo xì	Ordovician system (geology)
陶器	táo qì	pottery
定陶	Dìng táo	see 定陶區\|定陶区[Ding4 tao2 Qu1]
黑陶	hēi táo	black eggshell pottery (of the Neolithic Longshan culture)
制陶	zhì táo	to manufacture pottery
陶然	táo rán	(literary) happy and carefree
陶土	táo tǔ	potter's clay; kaolin
熏陶成性	xūn táo chéng xìng	(idiom) nurture makes second nature; good habits come by long assimilation
奥陶纪	Ào táo jì	Ordovician (geological period 495-440m years ago)
自我陶醉	zì wǒ táo zuì	self-satisfied; self-imbued; narcissistic