① According to the purpose, it can be divided into daily-use ceramics, art (exhibition) ceramics, sanitary ceramics, building ceramics, electrical ceramics, electronic ceramics, chemical stoneware, textile ceramics, money-permeable (gas-conveying) ceramics, etc.
② According to whether glaze is applied or not, it can be divided into glazed ceramics and unglazed ceramics.
In order to facilitate production, research and study, people sometimes divide ceramics into high-strength ceramics, ferroelectric ceramics, acid-resistant ceramics, high-temperature ceramics, piezoelectric ceramics, high-toughness ceramics, electrolyte ceramics, optical ceramics (that is, transparent ceramics), magnetic ceramics, dielectric ceramics, magnetic ceramics and biological ceramics.
④ It can be simply divided into three categories: hard porcelain, soft porcelain and special porcelain.