Surname profile for pen names

陶

陶 is read as táo. It appears in the received Hundred Family Surnames order and can be evaluated as a real Chinese surname for pen-name use.

Bai Jia Xing order

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Simplified form

陶

Traditional form

陶

Pinyin

táo / tao

Pen-name reading

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陶

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Source layer

Northern Song received Bai Jia Xing order

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