U+97EC "韬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
韬
U+97EC "韬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "sheath" or "scabbard" for a sword or blade, and by extension conveys the ideas of concealing, hiding one's talents, or strategic restraint, often used in classical and modern Chinese literature in terms such as "韬光养晦" (to hide one's capabilities and bide one's time). It belongs to the Kangxi radical 178 (革, meaning "leather") and consists of 14 strokes, reflecting its historical association with weaponry and warfare. This character is part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) unified ideographs block, ensuring it is represented consistently across languages that use Chinese characters.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+97EC |
| 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 | 韬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 韬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x9F 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x97EC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000097EC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u97ec |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 27602F |
| kCangjie | QSBHX |
| kCantonese | tou1 |
| kDefinition | sheath, scabbard, bow case |
| kEACC | 27602F |
| kFourCornerCode | 5207 |
| kGB0 | 7226 |
| kHanYu | 74510.030 |
| kIICore | CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74510.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1396.031 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-683A |
| kTGH | 2013:5628 |
| kKangXi | 1396.031 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7290 |
| kMandarin | tāo |
| kPhonetic | 1599* |
| kRSUnicode | 178'.10 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 361.120:tāo |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "韜" U+97DC CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 1120.130:tāo |