Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 陶

陶

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Meaning

 pottery, pleased

Pronunciation

 táo

Explanation

 Left: hill 阝, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵])

Mnemonic

With material from a hill (clay), you can make this package: pottery.

Radicals

阝 hill
匋 package, pottery
勹 wrap
缶 can, jar(In Chinese this character 缶 is hardly used. Thus its meaning "can, jar" is taken from Japanese: 缶 (=かん), which means: "the can".)
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Vocabulary

甄陶 zhēn táo to make sth of clay; to appraise people of talent
陶甄 táo zhēn to mold and educate people
熏陶 xūn táo to seep in; to influence; to nurture; influence; training
立陶宛 Lì táo wǎn Lithuania; the Lithuanian republic, former Baltic Soviet republic
立陶宛人 Lì táo wǎn rén Lithuanian (person)
陶哲轩 Táo Zhé xuān Terence Tao, Chinese-Australian mathematician, Fields medalist in 2006
陶瓷 táo cí pottery and porcelain; ceramics
陶盅 táo zhōng pottery bowl

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