陶
táo
#1,599 most
frequent character
pottery, pleased
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
陶 uses ⻖ hills as the meaning part and 匋 táo for its sound. It first named a place in Shandong with a two-layered hill. The meaning 'pottery' was borrowed later only for the sound, not from the hill picture.
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