操

See also: 肏
操 U+64CD, 操
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64CD
← 擌
[U+64CC] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 擎 →
[U+64CE]

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

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 操
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (喿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
藻 *ʔsaːwʔ
澡 *ʔslaːwʔ
璪 *ʔsaːwʔ
繰 *ʔsaːwʔ, *saːw, *sʰaw
躁 *ʔsaːws
趮 *ʔsaːws
操 *sʰaːw, *sʰaːws
幧 *sʰaːw, *sʰaw
懆 *sʰaːwʔ
鄵 *sʰaːws
鐰 *zaːw, *sʰaw
臊 *saːw, *saːws
鱢 *saːw
燥 *saːwʔ, *saːws
噪 *saːws
髞 *saːws
喿 *saːws
譟 *saːws
劋 *ʔsawʔ, *ʔseːwʔ
橾 *soːwʔ, *srow

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰaːw, *sʰaːws) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 喿 (OC *saːws).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1
Note:
  • chhau - vernacular;
  • chho/chho͘ - literary.
Rime
Character 操
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 七刀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sʰɑu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡sʰɑu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sʰɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sʰaw/
Li
Rong		 /t͡sʰɑu/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sʰɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡sʰɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 cāo
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 操
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 cāo
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tshawX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[tsʰ]ˁawʔ/
English grasp (v.)

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
Reading # 1/2
No. 16571
Phonetic
component		 喿
Rime
group		 宵
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 操
Old
Chinese		 /*sʰaːw/
Definitions

操

  1. to conduct
  2. to run
  3. to control
  4. to manage
  5. (military) to drill
  6. to have sb. overwork
  7. to speak (an accent)
  8. calisthenics
  9. exercise
  10. A surname​.
  11. fuck
Compounds
Derived terms from 操

Pronunciation 2
Note:
  • chhau/chhó - vernacular;
  • chho/chho͘ - literary;
  • chhò/chhò͘ - literary (limited, e.g. 曹操).
Rime
Character 操
Reading # 3/3
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 七到切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sʰɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡sʰɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sʰɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sʰawH/
Li
Rong		 /t͡sʰɑuH/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sʰɑuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡sʰɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 cào
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 操
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 cāo
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tshawH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[tsʰ]ˁawʔ-s/
English (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
Reading # 2/2
No. 16575
Phonetic
component		 喿
Rime
group		 宵
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 操
Old
Chinese		 /*sʰaːws/
Definitions

操

  1. conduct; behaviour
Compounds
Derived terms from 操

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

操

  1. (vulgar) Alternative form of 肏 (cào, “to fuck”).

Compounds
Derived terms from 操

Japanese

Kanji
操

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

Readings

Proper noun

操 (hiragana みさお, rōmaji Misao)

  1. A male given name

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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