1. 陶
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陶

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  1. 陶 is the 1599th most frequent character.
  2. 陶 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 陶 appears as a character in 23 words.
  4. 陶 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
陶 => 阝, 匋
Radical :
陶 => 阝 (town), 勹 (wrap), 缶 (jar)
Graphical :
陶 => 丨, ㇌, ㇆, ㇒, 一, 一, 丨, ㇒, 丨, 凵

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Tao2 - surname Tao
  2. tao2 - pottery/pleased

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 陶 (tao2): The component 匋 is pronounced as 'tao2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 陶 (tao2): The component 勹 is pronounced as 'bao1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

陶瓷 
陶醉 

Medium Frequency

熏陶 (薰陶)
陶 
陶冶 
陶喆 
陶器 
陶渊明 (陶淵明)

冶

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Meta:

  1. 冶 is the 2786th most frequent character.
  2. 冶 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 冶 appears as a character in 10 words.
  4. 冶 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
冶 => 冫, 台
Radical :
冶 => 冫 (ice), 厶 (private), 口 (mouth)
Graphical :
冶 => 丶, ㇀, ㇛, 丶, 口

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ye3 - to smelt/to cast/fig. to mould (into seductive shape)/to dress up (usu. derogatory)

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

陶冶 

Medium Frequency

冶 
冶炼 (冶煉)
冶艳 (冶艷)
冶金 
大冶 
大冶市 
妖冶 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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