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 木手月竹難 (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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tho

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/
Southern Min
- (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/

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/
Bernhard 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

(literary) sheath; scabbard; bow case
(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
art of war; military strategies

Japanese

Kanji

韜

(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, 韜む)

Compounds

韜(とう)晦(かい) (tōkai)
韜(とう)略(りゃく) (tōryaku)
韜(とう)光(こう)晦(かい)迹(せき) (tōkōkaiseki)
自(じ)己(こ)韜(とう)晦(かい) (jikotōkai)
韜(とう)光(こう)養(よう)晦(かい) (tōkōyōkai)
六(りく)韜(とう)三(さん)略(りゃく) (rikutōsanryaku)

Korean

Hanja

韜 (eum 도 (do))

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Vietnamese

Han character

韜: Hán Nôm readings: thao

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References

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