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陶 Tao — a rarer surname
67.4 / 100 overall fit
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| Pinyin | Tao |
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| Strokes | 11 |
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| Commonness | outside the top 100 |
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| Type | single-character |
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| Theme | Letters & craft |
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Where the surname comes from
A surname of potters and poets, linked to the legendary sage-king Yao.
What the character means
to cultivate and refine oneself
Theme basis：陶 = pottery, to shape clay
Why it scores this way
Easy to say96
Reads the way it looks for an English speaker — no sounds English doesn't have.
Recognised in China39
Outside the top 100 — distinctive, but some people will ask you to repeat or write it.
Easy to write65
11 strokes — a little practice and it flows.
People who carried this name
- Tao Yuanming — Jin dynasty poet (365–427), father of idyllic poetry, famous for 'Peach Blossom Spring'.
- Tao Xingzhi — Chinese educator, founder of life education theory, established Xiaozhuang School, known as 'People's Educator'.
- Tao Kan — Eastern Jin dynasty general and official, famed for diligence and frugality, suppressed rebellions and governed efficiently.
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