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Chinese symbol for “gymnastic”

体操
tǐ cāo
Traditional: 體操
gymnastic; gymnastics

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gymnastic is 体操 (tǐ cāo), defined as: gymnastic; gymnastics.

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Characters and stroke order

体 tǐ
body; group, class; form, style, system
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes
操 cāo
to conduct, to manage, to run
radical 64 ⼿ · 16 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 体操.

WordPinyinMeaning
媒体 (媒體)méi tǐmedia, esp. news media
身体 (身體)shēn tǐthe body; one's health
体育 (體育)tǐ yùsports; physical education
团体 (團體)tuán tǐgroup; organization
体系 (體系)tǐ xìsystem; setup
具体 (具體)jù tǐconcrete; specific; detailed
操作cāo zuòto work; to operate
操纵 (操縱)cāo zòngto operate; to control

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.