Chinese Character 操 Meanings and components.

Form

操

Meaning

操 meaning[3] in English

Old Variant Of 操[Cao1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 操 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and chirping of birds (喿)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QRRD

How to write 操

To write操cao1old variant … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 喿zao4chirping of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 喿 = 操

操 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 操 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 操, looks as follow:

操
Pinyin:cao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 操[Cao1]
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
喿
Pinyin:zao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Chirping Of Birds
品
Pinyin:pin3 Shape:品
Meaning[3]: Article . Commodity . Product . Goods . Kind . Grade . Rank . Character . Disposition . Nature . Temperament . Variety . To Taste Sth . To Sample . To Criticize . To Comment . To Judge . To Size Up . Fret (On A Guitar Or Lute)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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