Memory phrase for the character: 韬

韬

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Meaning

bow case or scabbard, to hide, military strategy

Pronunciation

tāo

Explanation

 Left: leather 韦 (Two layers 二 are separated with special sword 刀 to make leather), right: 舀 (hand reaching down 爫, mortar 臼)

Mnemonic
 
Made of leather and something 爫 peeks out from the mortar-like 臼: Bow case.

Radicals

韦 soft leatheruntanned leather: The raw leather is spliced in two 二 layers with a longer blade丨 of a sword 刀 - The radical 革 stands for tanned leather. The radical 皮 is used for skin.
舀 reaching into mortar




 Vocabulary

邹韬奋 Zōu Tāo fèn  Zou Taofen (1895-1944), journalist, political theorist and publisher
邹韬奋 Zōu Tāo fèn  
韬光养晦 tāo guāng yǎng huì  lit. to cover light and nurture in the dark (idiom); to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time; hiding one's light under a bush
韬光养晦 tāo guāng yǎng huì  

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