匋

táo
noun

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 7-9
Zhè shì yí jiàn gǔdài de táoqì.
This is an ancient piece of pottery.

Tips

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

Components

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

Stroke Order

匋 táo