操

cāo

c+āo·1st tone

to grasp · to hold

Radical: 扌 Strokes: 16

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排才扬执

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Character Decomposition

操=扌+喿

Etymology

hand

Meanings

to grasp

to hold

to operate

to manage

to control

to steer

to exercise

to drill (practice)

to play

to speak (a language)

cāo

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Words with 操 221 total

personal integrity操守cāo shǒu to worry about操心cāo xīn drill · exercise · demonstration · to demonstrate操演cāo yǎn to steer a boat操舟cāo zhōu to operate · to control · to rig · to manipulate操纵cāo zòng to work · to operate · to manipulate操作cāo zuò to drill · to exercise · to go outdoors for physical exercise出操chū cāo integrity · moral principle节操jié cāo unimpeachable conduct · noble behavior · spotless personal integrity洁操jié cāo

Idioms with 操 39 total Chain

(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax · fig. to follow a principle · fig. to act as matchmaker操斧伐柯cāo fǔ fá kē

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