操
cāocào HSK4

grasp, control

操 cāo frequency
variant 撡
to operate verbnoun
to manage; to control; to steer; to do; to engage in a profession
exercise nounverb
a physical exercise or fitness routine; a drill
to speak verb
to speak in a certain language, dialect, or accent
to hold
(bound form) to grasp; to hold; to take up
to drill
to exercise; to practice; to drill soldiers
conduct
(bound form) personal conduct; behavior; character; integrity
to play
to play a string instrument (such as a zither)
surname Cao
a Chinese surname
musical composition
a type of musical piece for the zither
操 cào
variant 撡
to fuck
(vulgar) to fuck; to screw; to have sexual intercourse
to make trouble
(bound form) to cause trouble; to behave badly

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,173rd most common 119.9 per million
Movie subtitles
893rd most common 128.7 per million appears in 34% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
112.5 per million appears in 16% of films
Written text
47.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
16
Unicode
U+64CD

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)