陶冶

Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 陶 冶
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 定 (7) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 豪 (89) 麻 (100)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 徒刀切 羊者切
Baxter daw yaeX
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 yě
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tou4 je5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 陶 冶
Reading # 1/2 1/1
No. 12363 14811
Phonetic
component
匋 冶
Rime
group
幽 魚
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
陶 野
Old
Chinese
/*bl'uː/ /*laːʔ/

Verb

陶冶

  1. (literal) 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: 陶(とう)冶(や) (tōya)
  • → Korean: 도야(陶冶) (doya)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
陶 冶
とう
Grade: S
や
Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

/tau ja/ → /tɔːja/ → /toːja/

From Middle Chinese 陶冶 (MC daw yaeX).

Pronunciation

Noun

陶(とう)冶(や) • (tōya) ←たうや (tauya)?

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

Derived terms

  • 陶(とう)冶(や)性(せい) (tōyasei)
  • 一(いっ)般(ぱん)的(てき)陶(とう)冶(や) (ippanteki tōya)
  • 形(けい)式(しき)陶(とう)冶(や) (keishiki tōya)
  • 実(じっ)質(しつ)陶(とう)冶(や) (jisshitsu tōya)

Verb

陶(とう)冶(や)する • (tōya suru) ←たうや (tauya)?transitive suru (stem 陶(とう)冶(や)し (tōya shi), past 陶(とう)冶(や)した (tōya shita))

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

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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