磁器|じきjiki[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounporcelain; china; chinaware

• SynonymチャイナNeutralLoanword that usually means China the country, but also china (porcelain), often in compounds like 「ボーンチャイナ」. For porcelain alone, 「磁器」 is the usual word.
• SynonymポーセリンNeutralLoanword for porcelain and porcelain items, also used for dental materials and the like. In everyday use 「磁器」 is more common.
• Related陶器とうきNeutralPottery or earthenware: coarser in texture and absorbent, unlike 「磁器」, which is porcelain — high-fired, hard and translucent.
• Related陶製とうせいWrittenA written/formal, descriptive term for things made of ceramics — pottery or porcelain. 「磁器」 means porcelain only.

Use 「磁器」 for hard, high-fired porcelain, as in 「有田焼の磁器」. For coarser pottery say 「陶器」; for ceramics in general say 「陶磁器」. The loanword 「ポーセリン」 also means porcelain, but 「磁器」 is the everyday default.

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1. 半透明はんとうめいで白色はくしょくのガラス質しつで硬かたい焼き物やきもの。