# 陶 — pottery

陶 means “pottery”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. On'yomi: トウ (tou). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: pottery
- On'yomi: トウ (tou)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 11
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Arts & pastimes 2

## How to remember 陶

Parts: 阝 town; hill · 勹 wrap · 缶 tin can

## More in the “Arts & pastimes 2” set

[拍](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/clap/) · [漫](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/comics/) · [彫](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/carve/) · [謡](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/noh-chant/) · [琴](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/koto/) · [碁](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/go-board-game/) · [墨](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/black-ink/) · [陶](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/pottery/)

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