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操

操

See also: 肏, 抄, and 喿

Translingual

Han character

操 (radical 64 手+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手口口木 (QRRD), four-corner 56094, composition ⿰扌喿)

References

  • KangXi: page 458, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12806
  • Dae Jaweon: page 807, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1969, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+64CD

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 操

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 操 操 操
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 清 (14) 心 (16) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 豪 (89) 侯 (137) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) I I I
Fanqie 七刀切 蘇后切 七到切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sʰɑu/ /səuX/ /t͡sʰɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡sʰɑu/ /səuX/ /t͡sʰɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sʰɑu/ /səuX/ /t͡sʰɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sʰaw/ /səwX/ /t͡sʰawH/
Li
Rong		 /t͡sʰɑu/ /suX/ /t͡sʰɑuH/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sʰɑu/ /səuX/ /t͡sʰɑuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡sʰɑu/ /sə̯uX/ /t͡sʰɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 cāo sǒu cào
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 操 操
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 cāo cāo
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tshawX › ‹ tshawH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[tsʰ]ˤawʔ/ /*[tsʰ]ˤawʔ-s/
English grasp (v.) (what is grasped:) principles

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 操 操
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 16571 16575
Phonetic
component		 喿 喿
Rime
group		 宵 宵
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 操 操
Old
Chinese		 /*sʰaːw/ /*sʰaːws/

Verb

操

  1. to conduct, to run, to control, to manage
  2. calisthenics, exercise

Pronunciation 2

Verb

操

  1. Euphemistic spelling of 肏 ‎(“to ****”).
Compounds
Usage notes
  • The usage of 操 as "****" did not arise until computers came into mainstream use; the character came to be used as a replacement for 肏 (cào), as it was not available in older typefaces.

Japanese

Kanji

操

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. chastity
  2. fidelity
  3. honor
  4. faith

Readings

Korean

Hanja

操 • ‎(jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune-Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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Vietnamese

Han character

操 (thao, tháo, thạo, xáo, thảo)

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