Chinese characters : Query result

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".

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 170

Four-angle index: 4307

Karlgren code: 1047 d

Vietnamese reading: lu

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