陶冶

Chinese

pleased; pottery smelt
simp. and trad.
(陶冶)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial () (7) (36)
Final () (89) (100)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/dɑu/ /jiaX/
Pan
Wuyun
/dɑu/ /jiaX/
Shao
Rongfen
/dɑu/ /iaX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/daw/ /jiaX/
Li
Rong
/dɑu/ /iaX/
Wang
Li
/dɑu/ /jĭaX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/dʱɑu/ /i̯aX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
táo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tou4 je5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 12363 14811
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*bl'uː/ /*laːʔ/

Verb

陶冶

  1. (literally) to make pottery and smelt metal
  2. (figurative) to cultivate; to train; to mould someone's character

Synonyms

  • (to cultivate): 教化 (jiàohuà)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (陶冶):
  • Japanese: (とう)() (tōya)
  • Korean: 도야(陶冶) (doya)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: S

Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

/tau ja//tɔːja//toːja/

From Middle Chinese 陶冶 (MC dɑu jiaX).

Pronunciation

Noun

(とう)() (tōya) たうや (tauya)?

  1. crafting of pottery and smelting of metal
  2. (by extension) cultivation, training

Derived terms

  • (とう)()(せい) (tōyasei)
  • (いっ)(ぱん)(てき)(とう)() (ippanteki tōya)
  • (けい)(しき)(とう)() (keishiki tōya)
  • (じっ)(しつ)(とう)() (jisshitsu tōya)

Verb

(とう)()する (tōya suru) たうや (tauya)?transitive suru (stem (とう)() (tōya shi), past (とう)()した (tōya shita))

  1. to train, build (character, etc.)

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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