Kanji Detail for 陶 - "pottery, ceramic, craft"

陶

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
陶 means "pottery, ceramic, craft."
1. Pottery - Ceramic ware; earthenware.
2. Ceramics - The art of making pottery.
3. Mold - To shape and influence.
4. Delight - To take pleasure; to enjoy.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

pottery; porcelain

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

pottery, ceramics

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

surname Tao

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

pottery, ceramics

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Pottery. | Making pottery is also called 陶. The Mencius says: "In a state of ten thousand households, one person makes pottery." Also used as a metaphor for education. As in 甄陶 (mold and shape), 陶鎔 (educate and transform). | Joyful. As in 陶陶然 (happily). | Melancholy. 鬱陶. Found in the Mencius.
Onyomi

to(と)

yoh(よう)
Kunyomi

sue(すえ)
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

阜阝 (kozato・kozatohen・oka)
Related Keywords
pottery ceramic earthenware clay kiln mold shape form craft art culture delight joy pleasure educate cultivate influence happy content