陶

Glyph origin
In oracle bone and bronze inscriptions, : a mound of dirt + two people  + dirt  – "to dig", original character of. The shapes beneath the outermost were corrupted in, arriving at the modern form  in seal script.

Now a.

Definitions

 * 1) pottery; ceramics
 * 2) to make pottery
 * 3) to cultivate; to educate; to mould
 * 4) contented; happy

Definitions




Etymology 1
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From.

Affix

 * 1) pottery, ceramics
 * 2)  teach, instruct
 * 3) pleasant, indulgent
 * 4) cloudy, foggy

Etymology 2
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From.

The nominalization of the of verb, from the way they are formed and/or crafted by the hands.

Noun

 * 1)  earthenware, pottery

Hanja






Etymology
The nominalization of the of verb, from the way they are formed and/or crafted by the hands.

Noun

 * 1) earthenware, pottery