Usage of the character 焘
tāo
焘
[燾]
- used in given names
dào
焘
[燾]
- cover over
- to envelope
Guō Sōngtāo
郭嵩焘
[郭嵩燾]
- Guo Songtao (1818-1891), Chinese statesman and diplomat, served as minister to Britain and minister to France 1877-1879
Zhāng Guótāo
张国焘
[張國燾]
- Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938