Wei Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Silk (mì). Character: Tao. Kangxi stroke count: 16. Page 934, Entry 09. Pronounced tao. According to the Classified Dictionary (Leipian), this is a variant form of the character for silk cord (tao), written with the component for scoop (yao). See the entry for silk cord (tao) for details. Also used in names. In the Record of Rites (Tan Gong), there is the figure Nangong Tao. Also, according to the Jade Dictionary (Yupian), it is written as the character for case (tao). As per the Extensive Dictionary of Rhymes (Guangyun), it means to store, to be wide, or a sword sheath.