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陶

Mandarin · pinyin táo#

pottery
pleased

Mandarin · pinyin Táo#

surname Tao

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陶: táo · pottery, ceramics

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2 · tao2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jiu4 · tou4

Cantonese word readings for 陶. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character

pottery; ceramics
to make pottery
to cultivate; to educate; to mould
contented; happy
a surname

character

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 𨹋
used in 陶陶 (yáoyáo)
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 窯 /窑 (yáo)

character

only used in 陶陶 (dàodào)

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