陶冶

Traditional form:

陶冶

Pinyin (reading):

táoyě

Definitions:

• lit. to fire pots and smelt metal
• fig. to educate

Characters:

• 陶 - pottery, ceramics
• 冶 - to smelt, to fuse metals, to cast

Traditional characters:

• 陶 - pottery, ceramics
• 冶 - to smelt, to fuse metals, to cast