曹

cáo = c + ao2

surname Cao / Zhou Dynasty vassal state

曹 = 一 + 曰 + 曲 : Mnemonic symbol: a Chinese / white herring.

The King of Chu (c) called Cao Cao too often (曹) and now he's about to enter the aorta (ao2). To pay him respect the King of Chu plays a flute (一) and the Chinese / white herring (曹) plays a harp (曲). They also record their performance with a microphone (曰).

曹

cáo = c + ao2

class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old)

曹 character breakdown

曹
- 一
- 曰
  - 一
  - 囗
- 曲
  - 卄
    - 一
    - 丨
  - 囗

一

yi̅ = y + Ø1

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.

曰

yue̅ = yu + e1

to speak / to say

曰 = 囗 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a microphone.

Yu the Great (yu) is selling flutes (一) in front of the elevator (e1). He has a whole box (囗) of them, and he's advertising them by using a microphone (曰).

曲

qu̅ = qu + Ø1

surname Qu

曲

qu̅ = qu + Ø1

bent / crooked / wrong

曲

qǔ = qu + Ø3

tune / song / CL:支[zhi1]

曲 = 囗 + 卄 : Mnemonic symbol: a harp. Cupid (qu) is playing a harp (曲) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He's sitting on a big enclosure (囗), playing the harp (曲) and wielding a double axe (卄) at the same time.

曲

麯

qu̅ = qu + Ø1

variant of 麴|曲[qu1]

曲

麴

qu̅ = qu + Ø1

yeast / Aspergillus (includes many common molds) / Taiwan pr. [qu2]

Characters with 曹 as component

糟

za̅o = z + ao1

dregs / draff / pickled in wine / rotten / messy / ruined

糟 = 曹 + 米 : Zorro (z) found a very rotten, dead (糟) herring (曹) in a sack of rice (米) and now the rice is a total waste (糟). He gets rid of the rice and the herring in front of the aorta (ao1).

遭

za̅o = z + ao1

to meet by chance (usually with misfortune) / classifier for events: time, turn, incident

遭 = 曹 + 辶 : Once upon a time (遭) Zorro (b) caught a huge white Chinese herring (曹) and brought it back to the aorta (ao1), but he met with misfortune (遭) as he dropped the herring onto his new gladiator sandals (辶) in front of the aorta (ao1).

槽

cáo = c + ao2

trough / manger / groove / channel / (Tw) (computing) hard drive

漕

cáo = c + ao2

to transport (esp. grain) by water / (literary) watercourse; canal

嘈

cáo = c + ao2

bustling / tumultuous / noisy

嘈 = 口 + 曹 : The King of Chu (c) and the white herring (曹) are making a noise (嘈) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2) because they cannot agree who may eat the very last mandarin (口).

傮

za̅o = z + ao1

finish, to go around

艚

cáo = c + ao2

seagoing junk

蓸

cáo = c + ao2

(a kind of herb)

螬

cáo = c + ao2

larva of Mimela lucidula

蹧

za̅o = z + ao1

see 蹧蹋[zao1 ta4]

Words with 曹

曹

cáo

操

ca̅o

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

曹

cáo

禺

yú

Cao Yu (1910-1997), PRC dramatist

曹

cáo

县

縣

xiàn

Cao county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong

曹