Chinese Character Wiki
匋

táo

pottery

Depicts a person bent over (勹) making a clay pot (缶). 勹 also represents the sound. Original form of 陶.

Components
缶 iconic component

缶  Iconic component

fǒu

  

pottery

Depicts earthenware with a lid.

勹 sound,iconic component

勹  Sound Iconic component

bāo

  

wrap

Depicts a person bent over.

Evolution

匋 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
匋 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
匋 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

匋  

táo

pottery

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

陶

Sound component in 6 characters (1 verified)

萄 陶 掏 淘 啕 醄

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[l]ˤu

daw

táo

kiln; pottery


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+530B

Shuowen

“匋，瓦器也。从缶，包省聲。古者昆吾作匋。”


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