Chinese symbol for “rig”
操纵
cāo zòng
Traditional: 操縱
to operate; to control; to rig; to manipulate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rig is 操纵 (cāo zòng), defined as: to operate; to control; to rig; to manipulate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “rig”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 操纵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 操作 | cāo zuò | to work; to operate |
| 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 |
| 纵然 (縱然) | zòng rán | even if; even though |
| 纵横 (縱橫) | zòng héng | lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth |
| 纵火 (縱火) | zòng huǒ | to set on fire; to commit arson |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rig”.
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.