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陶

Reading

Kana: トウ
Romaji: tou
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: す、すえ
Romaji: su, sue
Kana
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Meanings

pottery, porcelain

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  170
Frequency:  1680
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-8
Korean Reading:  yo
Chinese Reading:  yao2
Unicode:  9676
JIS:  462B

Indexes

Halpern Index: 546
Nelson Index: 5003
New Nelson Index: 6459
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2d8.11
Four Corner Index: 7722.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 1650
Gakken Index: 1596
Japanese Names Index: 1565
Daikanwanjiten Index: 41705
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0903
Remembering the kanji Index: 1966
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1875
Kodansha Compact Index: 738
Kanji in Context Index: 1526
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 402
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 499
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1985
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2117
Essential Kanji Index: 1481
Kodansha Kanji Index: 662
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3652
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1498

Words

須恵器 (すえき)
Sue ware (type of unglazed pottery made from the middle of the Kofun era through the Heian era)
陶芸 (とうげい)
ceramic art; ceramics
薫陶 (くんとう)
education; training; discipline
陶工 (とうこう)
potter
鬱陶しい (うっとうしい、うっとおしい)
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
陶器 (とうき)
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics; crockery
陶磁器 (とうじき)
porcelain; china; chinaware; ceramics; pottery
陶磁 (とうじ)
clay
陶酔 (とうすい)
intoxication
陶冶 (とうや)
training; education; cultivation
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