old variant of 操[cao1]

= + : The King of Chu is exercising in front of the aorta. He is standing on one leg, and holding a toy claw in each hand. With the toy claws, he is balancing two large cuckoo's clocks respectively.
to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language)

= + : The King of Chu is exercising in front of the aorta. He is standing on one leg, and holding a toy claw in each hand. With the toy claws, he is balancing two large cuckoo's clocks respectively.
variant of 肏[cao4]

操 character breakdown

chirping of birds

= + : Shakespeare is setting up a Christmas tree in the aorta's bathroom. He's putting a pyramid on top, out of which every full hour a mechanical bird pops out to chirp a song, just like in a cuckoo clock.
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

Characters with 操 as component

操 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 操

to operate / to control / to rig / to manipulate
to worry about
playground / sports field / drill ground / CL:個|个[ge4]
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
personal integrity
to work hard / to look after
joystick / control lever
drill / practice
morning exercises (physical exercises commonly performed en masse at schools and workplaces in East Asian countries)
variant of 肏屄[cao4 bi1]
covert activities (election rigging etc) / under-the-table manipulations / black operations

Sentences with 操

hái
ér
men
 
 
ca̅o
liàn
qi
lai