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偉 great (trad/jp)卫 defend (simp)圍 surround (trad)幃 curtain that forms wall (trad)瑋 rare (trad)禕 rare (trad)緯 latitude (trad/jp)葦 reed (iii) (trad)衛 protect (jp)諱 regard (trad)違 disobey (trad/jp)闈 living (trad)韙 propriety (trad)韌 pliable (trad)韓 Korea (trad/jp)滔 surging稻 unhulled rice蹈 tread韬 scabbard (simp)
Historical Evolution
韜
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
韜
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
韬 / 韜 [tāo]
bow case or scabbard; to hide; military strategy
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (7)
韬光养晦 [tāoguāngyǎnghuì] #37,143
to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom)
韬略 [tāolüè] #46,425
military strategy
邹韬奋 [ZōuTāofèn] #51,096
Zou Taofen (1895-1944), journalist, political theorist and publisher
龙韬 [lóngtāo] #63,780
military strategy and tactics
六韬三略 [LiùtāoSānlüè] #74,274
"Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬[Liùtāo] and "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 三略[Sānlüè], two of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[WǔjīngQīshū], attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[JiāngZǐyá]
六韬 [Liùtāo]
“Six Secret Strategic Teachings”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[WǔjīngQīshū], attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[JiāngZǐyá]
秦韬玉 [QínTāoyù]
Qin Taoyu, Tang poet, author of poem "A Poor Woman" 貧女|贫女[Pínnǚ]
JAPANESE WORDS (6)
韜晦 [とうかい] #50,419
concealing one's talents, status, intentions, etc.
六韜三略 [りくとうさんりゃく] #167,069
The Six Secret Teachings and The Three Strategies of Huang Shigong (two ancient Chinese military treatises)
自己韜晦 [じことうかい] #179,440
concealing one's talents, position, status, intentions, etc.
韜晦趣味 [とうかいしゅみ] #219,585
propensity to efface oneself
韜略 [とうりゃく] #230,820
strategy
天津鞴韜 [てんしんふくとう]
bellows (of the) imperial harbor