Meaning & readings
pottery, porcelain
On’yomi トウ
Kun’yomi すえ
Nanori す
Origin
The left side is the earth radical, which classifies this character as relating to earth or clay materials. The right side, matching, is a sound hint that tells you roughly how to pronounce the character. Together, the combination of the earth radical with this sound component creates a character that means pottery or porcelain — the clay objects shaped from earth. The shape visually marks it as an earth-related word, while the sound component helps you remember how to say it.
Components
- ⻖
- 匋
A sound hint component points at the character’s pronunciation, not its meaning — don’t read a meaning into it.
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 11
- Kangxi radical
- 170
- Formation type
- Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint)
- Grade
- Jōyō (secondary school)
- Frequency rank
- #1680 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 1
- Unicode
- U+09676