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tāo

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tāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tāo | tao1
English translation
sheath, scabbard, bow case

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About tāo

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

tāo

Contains the radical

wéi

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

leather

Etymology of tāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

韋舀

Semantic compound

wéi

Phonetic compound

yǎo

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Words with tāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
tāo to hide tāo
韬光养晦 tāo guāng yǎng huì to hide one's light under a bushel韜光養晦
韬略 tāo lu:è military strategy韜略
邹韬奋 Zōu Tāo fèn Zou Taofen (1895-1944), journalist, political theorist and publisher鄒韜奮
龙韬 lóng tāo the imperial guard龍韜
六韬三略 Liù tāo Sān lu:è "Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬 Liù tāo [Liù​tāo] and "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 三略 Sān lu:è [Sān​lüè], two of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书 Wǔ jīng Qī shū [Wǔ​jīng​Qī​shū], attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙 Jiāng Zǐ yá [Jiāng​Zǐ​yá]六韜三略

tāo Decomposition & Compounds

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