操 — Chinese character
操
cāo
to conduct, to manage, to run
- Pinyin
- cāo
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- 扌 喿
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 喿
- Japanese
- 操 as a kanji
Common words with 操
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 操作 | cāo zuò | to work; to operate |
| 操纵 (操縱) | cāo zòng | to operate; to control |
| 操控 | cāo kòng | to control; to manipulate |
| 操作系统 (操作系統) | cāo zuò xì tǒng | operating system |
| 体操 (體操) | tǐ cāo | gymnastic; gymnastics |
| 我操 | wǒ cào | (substitute for 我肏 (wǒ cào)) fuck; WTF |
| 操心 | cāo xīn | to worry about |
| 操场 (操場) | cāo chǎng | playground; sports field |
| 情操 | qíng cāo | sentiments; feelings |
| 操守 | cāo shǒu | personal integrity |
| 操练 (操練) | cāo liàn | drill; practice |
| 贞操 (貞操) | zhēn cāo | (usually of women) chastity; virginity |
English words written with 操
操 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Art of War 1 · Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 14
- Art of War 13.1
- Mencius 3B.10
- Mencius 6A.8
- Mencius 7A.18
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi Joined Toes
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.