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陶 means 'pottery'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 1648   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-28    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 25 words   Used in 35 words   Used in 147 names   Not used as a component
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Name    す   すえ
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⿰  ⻖ (阜) hill  匋 wrapped up can  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 陶 is used 3 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 陶 is used 35 times, read 1 way (with 2 variations).
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トウ : 30 words FIND ALL
と う じ き 3
noun
porcelain; china; chinaware; ceramics; pottery
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トウ (read as どう) : 1 word FIND ALL
ど う さ 0 ど う さ 1
noun
size (solution for stiffening textiles, etc.)
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すえ: 4 words. FIND ALL
す え き 2
noun
Sue ware (type of unglazed pottery made from the middle of the Kofun era through the Heian era)  (see also: 穴窯)
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An additional すえ less common words include 陶 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1650  Joy o' Kanji : 1650  Key to Kanji: - 

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陶
トウ    pottery, porcelain   
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⻖
hill   
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匋
wrapped up can
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勹
wrap
缶
カン    can   
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