U+97DC "韜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
韜
U+97DC "韜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily signifies a bow case or a sheath for a sword, but more broadly conveys the concepts of concealing, hiding, or keeping something secret. It is most famously known for its role in the classical military text "六韜" (The Six Secret Teachings), a foundational work on strategy attributed to the Zhou dynasty sage Jiang Ziya. In modern usage, the character also appears in personal names and phrases like "韜光養晦," which means to hide one's talents and bide one's time, reflecting its enduring association with strategic discretion and humility.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+97DC |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 韜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 韜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x9F 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x97DC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000097DC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u97dc |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C3FC |
| kCCCII | 21602F |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7949 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7949 |
| kCangjie | DQBHX |
| kCantonese | tou1 |
| kCihaiT | 1471.605 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1910.190 |
| kDefinition | sheath, scabbard, bow case |
| kEACC | 21602F |
| kFanqie | 土刀 叨号 |
| kFenn | 682I |
| kFennIndex | 503.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4257.7 |
| kGB1 | 7226 |
| kGSR | 1078g |
| kHangul | 도:0N |
| kHanYu | 74510.020 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 74510.020:tāo,tào |
| kHKGlyph | 4486 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1910.190 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74510.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1395.030 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-683A |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C3FC |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-706B |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D6B4 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5437 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7949 |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-913C |
| kJapanese | トウ つつむ ゆぶくろ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | YUBUKURO |
| kJapaneseOn | TOU |
| kJis0 | 8075 |
| kKangXi | 1395.030 |
| kKarlgren | 220 |
| kKorean | TO |
| kLau | 3077 |
| kMandarin | tāo |
| kMatthews | 6145 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3153a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ028094 MJ028094:E0101 MJ028093:E0102 MJ028096:E0103 MJ028095:E0104 |
| kMorohashi | 43189:E0102 |
| kNelson | 5108 |
| kPhonetic | 1599 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+7172+178.10.10 |
| kRSUnicode | 178.10 |
| kSBGY | 156.19 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+5F22<kLau,kMatthews,kMeyerWempe |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "韬" U+97EC CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 768.14 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | tāo粵tou1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 7290 |
| kTotalStrokes | 19 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 266:262 |
| kXHC1983 | 1120.131:tāo |