Read Edit View history 操 cāo HSK4 grasp, control Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 喿 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas cāo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 扌 is a component form of 手. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 操 Simp strokes 操 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 操 Simp strokes 操 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 操 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 119, 552 ], [ 193, 552 ], [ 342, 594 ], [ 378, 593 ] ], [ [ 252, 806 ], [ 277, 791 ], [ 297, 761 ], [ 287, 634 ], [ 281, 420 ], [ 280, 134 ], [ 274, 104 ], [ 258, 75 ], [ 153, 123 ] ], [ [ 52, 254 ], [ 96, 254 ], [ 345, 467 ] ], [ [ 480, 765 ], [ 508, 746 ], [ 513, 735 ], [ 547, 614 ] ], [ [ 539, 763 ], [ 550, 755 ], [ 567, 757 ], [ 683, 785 ], [ 715, 784 ], [ 742, 755 ], [ 717, 702 ], [ 691, 691 ] ], [ [ 562, 653 ], [ 573, 646 ], [ 679, 662 ], [ 742, 655 ] ], [ [ 387, 541 ], [ 414, 513 ], [ 441, 386 ] ], [ [ 435, 539 ], [ 442, 533 ], [ 532, 558 ], [ 550, 554 ], [ 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464 Q 359 477 348 475 Q 329 471 305 446 L 258 413 Z", "M 528 767 Q 518 773 485 775 Q 473 776 471 772 Q 465 766 474 751 Q 499 712 518 646 Q 522 627 536 614 Q 555 595 558 610 Q 559 619 560 631 L 555 659 Q 543 716 540 738 C 536 763 536 763 528 767 Z", "M 732 675 Q 760 727 783 737 Q 799 753 787 770 Q 774 782 728 807 Q 713 814 693 808 Q 639 787 528 767 C 498 762 511 732 540 738 Q 633 756 681 765 Q 697 768 703 761 Q 709 752 684 681 C 674 653 717 649 732 675 Z", "M 560 631 Q 564 630 572 631 Q 626 641 740 646 Q 750 647 751 654 Q 751 661 732 675 C 717 687 714 686 684 681 Q 611 668 555 659 C 525 654 530 633 560 631 Z", "M 424 540 Q 415 544 392 548 Q 383 549 380 546 Q 376 542 382 529 Q 403 487 416 419 Q 419 398 431 385 Q 444 369 449 380 Q 453 392 451 411 L 448 436 Q 438 500 436 519 C 434 536 434 536 424 540 Z", "M 566 454 Q 578 509 594 526 Q 612 547 593 557 Q 577 566 556 579 Q 540 586 526 577 Q 499 559 424 540 C 395 533 407 511 436 519 L 508 538 Q 527 542 532 535 Q 538 531 534 507 Q 531 485 526 458 C 521 428 559 425 566 454 Z", "M 451 411 Q 455 411 463 413 Q 497 423 573 433 Q 580 434 581 441 Q 581 445 566 454 C 555 461 555 461 526 458 Q 525 459 523 458 Q 481 445 448 436 C 419 428 421 408 451 411 Z", "M 660 582 Q 650 586 636 587 Q 627 590 624 585 Q 620 581 626 568 Q 647 531 661 471 Q 664 452 675 441 Q 690 425 693 436 Q 694 443 695 453 L 692 479 Q 682 540 680 558 C 678 576 678 576 660 582 Z", "M 829 498 Q 845 544 862 558 Q 883 580 863 593 Q 847 603 823 620 Q 807 630 790 621 Q 754 600 660 582 C 631 576 651 552 680 558 Q 681 558 766 577 Q 790 581 795 573 Q 798 570 782 501 C 775 472 819 470 829 498 Z", "M 695 453 Q 702 453 710 454 Q 750 464 839 472 Q 846 473 848 480 Q 848 486 829 498 C 812 509 811 509 782 501 Q 733 488 692 479 C 663 473 665 452 695 453 Z", "M 644 308 Q 729 321 855 324 Q 915 324 920 334 Q 924 346 909 358 Q 855 397 792 378 Q 732 366 646 347 L 597 339 Q 489 321 367 302 Q 348 299 363 283 Q 376 270 394 266 Q 415 262 430 266 Q 491 285 562 296 L 644 308 Z", "M 643 279 Q 643 295 644 308 L 646 347 Q 647 362 649 371 Q 652 383 645 388 Q 623 407 606 416 Q 594 420 586 413 Q 580 409 587 400 Q 596 382 597 339 L 596 258 Q 596 95 579 54 Q 570 18 602 -29 Q 612 -47 619 -50 Q 629 -51 635 -39 Q 647 -9 644 19 Q 641 140 642 242 L 643 279 Z", "M 562 296 Q 532 205 350 79 Q 334 67 348 66 Q 358 65 395 79 Q 437 94 476 124 Q 510 151 548 193 Q 578 227 596 258 C 627 310 579 342 562 296 Z", "M 642 242 Q 699 169 762 99 Q 784 77 821 74 Q 888 70 960 81 Q 979 82 980 88 Q 983 94 968 100 Q 815 157 791 171 Q 757 189 643 279 C 619 298 623 266 642 242 Z" ] } 16 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.