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韬

tāo

Character Traditional 韜

What 韬 means

1. bow case or scabbard
2. to hide
3. military strategy

Words starting with 韬

• 韬略tāo lüèmilitary strategy; military tactics; originally refers to military classics Six Secret…
• 韬光养晦tāo guāng yǎng huìto conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom); to hide one's light under a bushel

Words containing 韬

• 龙韬lóng tāomilitary strategy and tactics; the imperial guard
• 秦韬玉Qín Tāo yùQin Taoyu, Tang poet, author of the poem "A Poor Woman" 贫女
• 邹韬奋Zōu Tāo fènZou Taofen (1895-1944), journalist, political theorist and publisher
• 六韬Liù tāo“Six Secret Strategic Teachings”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书
• 六韬三略Liù tāo Sān lüè"Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韬

Characters built on 舀

These share the phonetic component 舀 (yǎo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 蹈dǎoto tread on; to trample; to stamp
• 稻dàopaddy; rice (Oryza sativa)
• 滔tāo(bound form) to inundate; deluge; torrent

Characters that look like 韬

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 错cuòmistake; wrong; bad
• 锡xītin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer
• 稻dàopaddy; rice (Oryza sativa)
• 锤chuíhammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance)
• 鹌ānused in 鹌鹑
• 鲔wěilittle tuna; Euthynnus alletteratus

Sounds the same

Read tāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 涛big wave; Taiwan pr. táo
• 掏to fish out (from pocket); to scoop
• 滔(bound form) to inundate; deluge; torrent
• 叨to receive the benefit of
• 绦braid; cord; sash
• 饕(literary) greedy; gluttonous
• 弢bow case; to cover
• 縚braid; cord; sash
• 慆rejoice
• 焘used in given names