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操
cào
1. variant of [[肏<cào>]]
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)

操办
cāobàn
to arrange matters
早操
zǎocāo
morning exercises (physical exercises commonly performed en masse at schools and workplaces in East Asian countries)
情操
qíngcāo
sentiment
曹操
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]]
体操
tǐcāo
gymnastic
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
做操
zuòcāo
to do exercises
操舟
cāozhōu
to steer a boat
操航
cāoháng
to take the helm
操舵
cāoduò
to steer (a vessel)
操蛋
càodàn
variant of [[肏蛋<càodàn>]]
操行
cāoxíng
(student's) behavior
操觚
cāogū
to write
操课
cāokè
military drill
操逼
càobī
variant of [[肏屄<càobī>]]

Alternate Entries

操
cāo
old variant of [[操<cāo>]]
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)

Metadata

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

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