陶 – pottery, porcelain

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The kanji 陶 means pottery, porcelain. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is トウ (tou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is すえ (sue). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 阜 (no. 170).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	トウ	tou
Kun’yomi	すえ	sue

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 阜 (Kangxi radical 170). Components: 缶・勹・阡.

Words using 陶

陶器とうきpottery

Example sentences

陶器は火で焼かれた。

The pottery was baked by fire.

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Kanji with the same radical

院際防限階除降隊険陸障陣陽隣隠陥

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