Radical:

meaning for tāo:

  • - bow case or scabbard
  • - to hide
  • - military strategyto conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom)
  • - to hide one's light under a bushel“Six Secret Strategic Teachings”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 , attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙 military strategy
  • - military tactics
  • - originally refers to military classics Six Secret Teachings 六韬 Zou Taofen (1895-1944), journalist, political theorist and publisher"Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韬 and "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 三略 , two of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 , attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙