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陶渊明 (Táo Yuān míng): meaning and stroke order

陶渊明 (Táo Yuān míng) means Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet.

陶渊明

Simplified
陶渊明
Traditional
陶淵明
Pinyin
Táo Yuān míng

Stroke order of 陶渊明

陶

  • Táo surname Tao
  • táo pottery; pleased
  • 10 strokes

Stroke by stroke

渊

  • yuān deep pool; deep
  • 11 strokes
  • Traditional form: 淵

Stroke by stroke

明

  • Míng Ming Dynasty (1368–1644); surname Ming
  • míng bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 陶渊明

  1. Táo Yuān míng Traditional 陶淵明
    • Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet

Radicals of the characters

陶
Radical 阜 (Kangxi radical 170) · 11 strokes · 阝 on the left, 匋 on the right
渊
Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 11 strokes · 氵 on the left, 𫂱 on the right
明
Radical 日 (Kangxi radical 72) · 8 strokes · 日 on the left, 月 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

陶渊明 in our stories

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  • 一千五百多年前，诗人陶渊明却写诗称赞她：小小的精卫衔着树枝，要去填那无边的大海。

    yìqiānwǔbǎi duō nián qián shīrén Táo Yuānmíng què xiě shī chēngzàn tā xiǎoxiǎo de Jīngwèi xián zhe shùzhī yào qù tián nà wúbiān de dàhǎi

    But more than fifteen hundred years ago the poet Tao Yuanming wrote a poem in her praise: tiny Jingwei, carrying twigs in her beak, set out to fill the boundless sea.

    From the story Jingwei fills the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).