Cáo

surname Cao / Zhou Dynasty vassal state

cáo

class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old)

CáoCāo

Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei [[曹魏]], father of Emperor Cao Pi [[曹丕]] / the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms [[三國演義|三国演义]]

CáoPī

Cao Pi (187-226), second son of Cao Cao [[曹操]], king then emperor of Cao Wei [[曹魏]] from 220, ruled as Emperor Wen [[魏文帝]], also a noted calligrapher

CáoBùxīng

Cao Buxing or Ts'ao Pu-hsing (active c. 210-250), famous semi-legendary painter, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties [[六朝四大家]]

CáoGāngchuān

Cao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader

CáoCān

Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's [[劉邦|刘邦<LiúBāng>]] side during the Chu-Han Contention [[楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争<ChǔHànZhànzhēng>]] / also pr. <CáoShēn>

shìcáo

market / official in charge of small merchants

CáoZhí

Cao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao [[曹操]], noted poet and calligrapher

SānCáo

the Three Caos (Cao Cao [[曹操]] and his sons Cao Pi [[曹丕]] and Cao Zhi [[曹植]]), who established the Wei or Cao Wei dynasty [[曹魏]], and were all three noted poets and calligraphers