Character: 陶
Modern (Beijing) reading: táo
Preclassic Old Chinese: Łhū
Classic Old Chinese: Łhū
Western Han Chinese: Łhǝ̄w
Eastern Han Chinese: lhǝ̄w
Early Postclassic Chinese: dhǝ̄w
Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhāw
Late Postclassic Chinese: dhāw
Middle Chinese: dâw
English meaning : pottery, mould; to mould
Russian meaning[s]: 1) керамика, гончарные изделия; обжигать; 2) перен. перевоспитывать, просвещать; 3) грустные думы; 4) радостно, весело; 5) Тао (фамилия)
Comments: For *Łh- cf. Chaozhou thau2. Viet. lu 'large earthenware jar' is an archaic loanword; regular Sino-Viet. is d_ầo. Also read *Ław, MC jew, mod. yáo "be happy, merry".
Radical: 170
Four-angle index: 4307
Karlgren code: 1047 d
Vietnamese reading: lu
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