陶

pottery, porcelain

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

トウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

すえ

Nanori (名乗り)

す

Stroke Order

11 / 11

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:11

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1680

Vocabulary

トウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
陶器	トウキ	pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
陶芸	トウゲイ	ceramic art; ceramics
陶磁器	トウジキ	ceramics; pottery and porcelain
陶酔	トウスイ	intoxication; being fascinated (by); being carried away (by); being enraptured (by); being intoxicated (with)
陶工	トウコウ	potter; ceramist; ceramicist

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
鬱陶しい	うっとうしい	gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
鬱陶しい	うっとおしい	gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
陶の人形	とうのにんぎょう	ceramic figurine
陶器	すえき	Sue ware (type of unglazed pottery made from the middle of the Kofun era through the Heian era)
陶砂	どうさ	dōsa; sizing solution made of alum and glue for treating washi

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

descend, precipitate, fall, surrender

swing, shake, sway, rock, tremble, vibrate

highness, steps (of throne)

tin can, container, jar radical (no. 121)

exclude, division (x/3), remove, abolish, cancel, except

hump, high, noble, prosperity

song, sing, ballad, noh chanting

chop, divide, tear, analyze

plug, bolt, cork, bung, stopper