陶
pottery; training; contented, entranced
Kanji 1650
Thank you for visiting this Character Home Page. Below you'll find a synopsis of the essay. If you wish to read the full text, the PDF of the essay is available for purchase to the right.
While enjoying gorgeous photos of pottery that only Japanese clay and firing techniques can produce, you'll gain a sense of what pottery means to the Japanese, from its use in daily life to its Zen connections. You'll also learn how to say not only "pottery" and "potter" in Japanese but also "He made me who I am today" and "I'm drunk on music."
Revision history:
Feb. 9, 2024: p. 12: Revised the last paragraph to improve the wording and to indicate that the main definition of 酔 is "intoxication."
Oct. 27, 2023: p. 2: Updated a link.
Feb. 15, 2022:
- p. 2, Etymology Box: Updated the Henshall etymology, then slightly revised the etymological discussions on pp. 1 and 11.
- p. 15: Added a link to the Kanshudo games.
Feb. 8, 2019:
- pp. 2, 6, 8, and 13: Fixed broken links.
- pp. 11 and 12: Significantly revised the passage about 陶冶 (including its definitions) and deleted Sidebar 3, which had accompanied a now-deleted sample sentence.
Dec. 19, 2014:
- p. 7: Changed "toys" to "'soft vinyl' toys" in the photo caption.
- pp. 7-8: Reformatted the citations in the sidebar.
Aug. 24, 2012: Originally published.
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