táo
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 pottery; earthenware (archaic); old form of 陶

Examples

Zhè shì yí jiàn gǔdài de táoqì.
This is an ancient piece of pottery.

Tips

history
is the old form behind (pottery) and is not used independently in modern Chinese. It supplies the sound in (pottery / Tao surname), (grape, in 葡萄), and (to wash out / be naughty).
memory
A bent figure stooping over a pot : a potter bending over the clay vessel — exactly the scene draws.

Components

radical
fǒu
earthen pot
The 'earthen jar' element gives the core meaning of pottery and is the indexing radical for .
semantic
bāo
a bending figure
The wrapping stroke is a person bent over their work, the potter shaping the vessel in .

Stroke Order

táo