bow case or scabbard
韬 is a 14 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as tāo in the first tone.
In traditional Chinese the character 韜 is used.
It is made up of the components 韦 (leather) and 舀 (to ladle out).
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Pronunciation
We found 1 pronunciation for 韬
Definitions for 韬 pronounced as tāo
- bow case or scabbard
- to hide
- military strategy
Vocabulary
The most common words for 韬 — see all
- to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom)
- to hide one's light under a bushel
- military strategy
- military tactics
- originally refers to military classics Six Secret Teachings 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1] and Three Strategies 三略[San1 lu:e4]
- Zou Taofen (1895-1944), journalist, political theorist and publisher