Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Clothing (yī) Character: Tao Kangxi Stroke Count: 14 Page 1118, Entry 21 Pronounced tao. Tao refers to a sleeve. The Book of Classification (Leipian) defines it as a sleeve opening. Additionally, the Compendium of Rhymes (Yunhui) states that it is interchangeable with the character for pottery (tao). The Chronicle of Zuo (Zuozhuan) records that during the twelfth year of Duke Zhao, the King of Chu went hunting wearing a leather cap and a double-layered fur coat made in the state of Qin.