Read Edit View history 陶 táoTáo HSK7 pottery Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint A mound 阝 of clay 匋; 匋 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas táo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 陶 Simp strokes 陶 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 陶 Simp strokes 陶 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 陶 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 222, 701 ], [ 325, 725 ], [ 361, 696 ], [ 305, 587 ], [ 349, 489 ], [ 348, 439 ], [ 332, 423 ], [ 241, 454 ] ], [ [ 143, 728 ], [ 184, 692 ], [ 196, 557 ], [ 162, 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214 620 221 675 C 223 697 223 697 215 705 Z", "M 510 625 Q 513 629 517 633 Q 550 667 586 723 Q 601 748 614 760 Q 623 770 618 783 Q 614 795 587 815 Q 562 831 544 832 Q 526 829 534 809 Q 561 764 430 577 Q 420 567 418 561 Q 415 551 429 553 Q 444 557 492 605 L 510 625 Z", "M 697 66 Q 678 65 589 110 Q 579 114 579 108 Q 578 104 589 94 Q 644 39 671 -1 Q 684 -26 701 -25 Q 725 -25 746 1 Q 822 68 838 244 Q 848 361 847 538 Q 846 578 869 610 Q 882 623 881 632 Q 880 639 859 653 Q 832 672 796 682 Q 775 689 718 670 Q 703 667 683 661 Q 635 649 510 625 C 481 619 462 606 492 605 Q 517 598 655 617 Q 763 633 773 625 Q 792 589 789 368 Q 780 197 738 110 Q 722 70 697 66 Z", "M 484 494 Q 485 498 490 500 Q 500 513 514 524 Q 527 534 517 544 Q 507 554 486 559 Q 468 565 460 561 Q 453 558 457 550 Q 464 529 438 484 Q 425 460 411 434 Q 407 421 418 426 Q 449 454 465 472 Q 466 475 469 477 L 484 494 Z", "M 560 471 Q 608 484 662 495 Q 687 502 692 505 Q 699 512 695 519 Q 688 528 665 533 Q 641 537 617 527 Q 587 517 555 508 Q 522 501 484 494 C 455 489 449 487 469 477 Q 496 462 520 465 L 560 471 Z", "M 581 365 Q 632 371 737 371 Q 750 372 754 377 Q 758 384 747 395 Q 708 422 656 408 Q 625 402 583 394 L 532 386 Q 468 379 396 367 Q 383 366 393 354 Q 402 345 414 341 Q 429 338 440 341 Q 483 354 533 360 L 581 365 Z", "M 573 233 Q 577 306 581 365 L 583 394 Q 583 409 585 425 Q 594 449 560 471 C 535 488 508 493 520 465 Q 532 441 532 386 L 533 360 Q 533 312 533 225 C 533 195 571 203 573 233 Z", "M 673 249 Q 618 243 573 233 L 533 225 Q 484 215 443 202 Q 433 201 436 213 Q 451 262 445 274 Q 423 310 400 310 Q 391 307 395 291 Q 404 260 395 230 Q 388 202 374 191 Q 358 178 364 166 Q 371 153 385 144 Q 391 140 410 147 Q 443 178 619 213 Q 658 219 671 216 C 701 214 703 252 673 249 Z", "M 671 216 Q 671 194 686 174 Q 693 167 701 175 Q 707 187 718 301 Q 724 317 708 327 Q 696 334 683 341 Q 673 344 667 340 Q 660 336 663 323 Q 672 302 673 249 L 671 216 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang 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