韜

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See also: 韬
韜 U+97DC, 韜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-97DC
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 韝 →

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

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
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

Compounds

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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