Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1680 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: pottery, porcelain

Kunyomi: すえ

Onyomi: トウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mound, dam (阝 left)

Examples

Onyomi Examples

トウゲイ ceramic art, ceramics

トウキ porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain), china, chinaware, earthenware, pottery, ceramics, crockery

セイトウ porcelain manufacturing

サクトウ porcelain making, ceramics making, pottery making

Kunyomi Examples

すえ ceramics, pottery, porcelain

須恵器 すえき Sue ware (type of unglazed pottery made from the middle of the Kofun era through the Heian era)