U+9676 "陶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
陶
U+9676 "陶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "pottery" or "earthenware" and is associated with the act of making ceramics or molding clay. Beyond its literal meaning, it also carries rich cultural and historical significance, appearing in terms like "陶器" (táoqì, pottery) and "陶冶" (táoyě, to mold or cultivate). Philosophically, it is used in the name of the legendary sage-king Yao (陶唐氏), and it symbolizes transformation and refinement. The character is composed of the radical 阝 (a variant of 阜, meaning mound or hill) on the left, with the phonetic component 匋 (also suggesting pottery) on the right, reflecting its etymological roots in crafting vessels from earth.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9676 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 陶 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 陶 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x99 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9676 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009676 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9676 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B3B3 |
| kCCCII | 215F27 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5D77 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5D77 |
| kCangjie | NLPOU |
| kCantonese | tou4 |
| kCihaiT | 1426.601 |
| kCowles | 4399 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1858.010 |
| kDefinition | pottery, ceramics |
| kEACC | 215F27 |
| kFanqie | 餘昭 徒刀 |
| kFenn | 226E |
| kFennIndex | 504.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7722.0 |
| kGB0 | 4453 |
| kGB1 | 4453 |
| kGradeLevel | 6 |
| kGSR | 1047d |
| kHangul | 도:0E |
| kHanYu | 64139.050 |
| kHanyuPinlu | táo(23) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 64139.050:táo,yáo,dào |
| kHKGlyph | 4385 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1858.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64139.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1354.100 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4C55 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B3B3 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-462B |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D6B3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5436 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5D77 |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-9128 |
| kJapanese | トウ ドウ ヨウ すえ たのしむ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:2137 |
| kJapaneseKun | SUE |
| kJapaneseOn | TOU YOU |
| kJis0 | 3811 |
| kKangXi | 1354.100 |
| kKorean | TO YO |
| kLau | 3094 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7118 |
| kMandarin | táo |
| kMatthews | 6156 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3169 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ027618 |
| kMorohashi | 41705 |
| kNelson | 5003 |
| kPhonetic | 1362 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3203+170.3.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 170.8 |
| kSBGY | 148.43 157.22 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+530B<kLau,kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 752.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | táo粵tou4 yáo粵jiu4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 7118 |
| kTang | *dhɑu |
| kTGHZ2013 | 361.170:táo |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 252:310 |
| kXHC1983 | 1122.080:táo 1342.070:yáo |