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操
撡
cāo
1. old variant of [[操<cāo>]]
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 16 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

操
cāo
to conduct, to manage, to run
HSK 5 16 丶

Compound Words (20)

做操
zuòcāo
to do exercises
出操
chūcāo
to drill
情操
qíngcāo
sentiment
操作
cāozuò
to work
HSK 6
操典
cāodiǎn
drill book
操切
cāoqiè
rash
操劳
cāoláo
to work hard
HSK 6
操坪
cāopíng
drill ground
操场
cāochǎng
playground
HSK 5
操守
cāoshǒu
personal integrity
操屄
càobī
variant of [[肏屄<càobī>]]
操心
cāoxīn
to worry about
HSK 5
操持
cāochi
to manage
操控
cāokòng
to control
操法
cāofǎ
drill rules
操演
cāoyǎn
drill
操神
cāoshén
to worry about
操练
cāoliàn
drill
HSK 6
操纵
cāozòng
to operate
HSK 6
操舟
cāozhōu
to steer a boat

Alternate Entries

操
cāo
to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language)
操
cào
variant of [[肏<cào>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,172
Word Frequency Rank
752 of 84,292

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