韜

See also: 韬

韜 U+97DC, 韜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97DC ← 韛 [U+97DB] CJK Unified Ideographs 韝 → [U+97DD]

Translingual

Han character

韜 (Kangxi radical 178, 韋+10, 19 strokes, cangjie input 木手月竹X (DQBHX), four-corner 4257₇, composition ⿰韋舀)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1395, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43189
• Dae Jaweon: page 1910, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4510, character 2
• Unihan data for U+97DC

Chinese

trad.		韜
simp.		韬

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 韜
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (舀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
滔	*l̥ʰuː
韜	*l̥ʰuː
縚	*l̥ʰuː
謟	*l̥ʰuː
慆	*l̥ʰuː
幍	*l̥ʰuː
槄	*l̥ʰuː, *l̥ʰuːʔ
搯	*l̥ʰuː
瑫	*l̥ʰuː
稻	*l'uːʔ
蹈	*l'uːs
舀	*lowʔ, *lu, *lo

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāo (tao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou¹
• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): tho

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tao
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao¹
    • Yale: tāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tau
    • Palladius: тао (tao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou¹
    • Yale: tōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tho
    • Tâi-lô: tho
    • Phofsit Daibuun: toy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰo³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰo⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰɤ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: thaw

Rime
Character	韜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	土刀切
Baxter	thaw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰaw/
Li Rong	/tʰɑu/
Wang Li	/tʰɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tou1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰuː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	韜
Reading #	1/1
No.	14732
Phonetic component	舀
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	饕
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰuː/

Definitions

韜

1. (literary) sheath; scabbard; bow case
2. (figuratively) to hide; to conceal

   韜光養晦／韬光养晦  ―  tāoguāngyǎnghuì  ―  to hide one's talents and bide one's time for the right opportunity

3. art of war; military strategies

Japanese

Kanji

韜

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): とう (tō)
• Kun: ゆぶくろ (yubukuro); ゆみぶくろ (yumibukuro); つつむ (tsutsumu)

Korean

Hanja

韜 (eum 도 (do))

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Vietnamese

Han character

韜: Hán Nôm readings: thao

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References

• Nom Foundation