GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 83

陶

陶 is read as táo.

Pinyin

táo

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 陶

Basic meaning

pottery; pleased

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Legendary Tao Tang and Zhou-period place/craft traditions; Tang-layer tradition, 618-907 CE

Place: Tao place and pottery traditions in the ancient central plains

Origin note

Tao surname traditions include Tao Tang cultural memory, place-name branches and pottery/craft associations. The page presents Tao as a place/craft surname layer and keeps the pottery meaning visible but not as the only origin.

Historical figures

陶渊明 (Tao Yuanming)

365-427 CE · poet

A foundational poet of reclusion and rural life.

陶侃 (Tao Kan)

259-334 CE · Eastern Jin general

A major military and political figure of the Eastern Jin.

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