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操
cāo
1. to grasp
2. to hold
3. to operate
4. to manage
5. to control
6. to steer
7. to exercise
8. to drill (practice)
9. to play
10. to speak (a language)
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
old variant of [[操<cāo>]]
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