Read Edit View history Discussion 曹 cáo plaintiff and defendant Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 㯥 represents the sound and 曰 represents the meaning. Depicts a pair (㯥) of people speaking (曰) against each other, i.e. a plaintiff and a defendant. The meaning later expanded to "of the same generation". Pinyin Separate values with commas cáo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint The character 東 was originally a pictograph of a basket. This component is a pair of 東 merged together. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 曹 Simp strokes 曹 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 曹 Simp strokes 曹 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 曹 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 267, 692 ], [ 311, 683 ], [ 370, 685 ], [ 566, 714 ], [ 685, 739 ], [ 730, 737 ] ], [ [ 193, 572 ], [ 225, 550 ], [ 246, 517 ], [ 269, 415 ], [ 301, 329 ] ], [ [ 244, 567 ], [ 292, 553 ], [ 428, 578 ], [ 632, 605 ], [ 727, 612 ], [ 757, 606 ], [ 792, 563 ], [ 712, 363 ] ], [ [ 337, 467 ], [ 390, 468 ], [ 611, 506 ], [ 655, 500 ] ], [ [ 352, 793 ], [ 397, 746 ], [ 421, 452 ], [ 422, 408 ], [ 409, 393 ] ], [ [ 540, 837 ], [ 585, 794 ], [ 555, 448 ], [ 552, 429 ], [ 535, 411 ] ], [ [ 318, 367 ], [ 326, 359 ], [ 347, 360 ], [ 623, 398 ], [ 688, 401 ] ], [ [ 336, 282 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569 380 572 410 Q 576 446 580 481 L 585 522 Q 588 552 591 580 L 596 619 Q 599 659 604 698 L 614 749 Z", "M 313 346 Q 329 342 356 344 Q 548 368 691 382 C 721 385 721 385 698 404 Q 677 428 610 416 Q 591 415 572 410 L 528 404 Q 485 398 446 391 L 403 385 Q 354 379 309 372 C 279 367 283 351 313 346 Z", "M 379 272 Q 360 287 339 293 Q 330 294 325 287 Q 322 281 329 272 Q 354 209 337 76 Q 324 25 328 8 Q 335 -22 346 -33 Q 356 -45 365 -32 Q 375 -20 381 7 L 385 35 Q 386 48 388 63 Q 388 96 388 126 L 389 154 Q 390 218 394 240 C 397 259 397 259 379 272 Z", "M 558 20 Q 588 -17 609 -52 Q 618 -70 629 -69 Q 644 -68 659 -36 Q 675 1 672 45 Q 665 103 658 210 Q 657 240 673 261 Q 682 274 672 283 Q 654 302 603 324 Q 585 333 571 324 Q 529 305 379 272 C 350 265 365 234 394 240 Q 575 276 585 273 Q 588 272 592 269 Q 604 254 605 57 Q 604 53 604 47 Q 600 31 584 36 C 555 28 552 28 558 20 Z", "M 388 126 Q 391 126 396 126 Q 478 138 538 144 Q 562 147 553 160 Q 543 175 517 180 Q 490 186 389 154 C 360 145 358 126 388 126 Z", "M 381 7 Q 388 7 397 7 Q 488 17 558 20 C 588 21 594 22 584 36 Q 575 52 550 58 Q 517 64 385 35 C 356 29 351 7 381 7 Z" ] } 11 strokes 曹 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 267, 692 ], [ 311, 683 ], [ 370, 685 ], [ 566, 714 ], [ 685, 739 ], [ 730, 737 ] ], [ [ 193, 572 ], [ 225, 550 ], [ 246, 517 ], [ 269, 415 ], [ 301, 329 ] ], [ [ 244, 567 ], [ 292, 553 ], [ 428, 578 ], [ 632, 605 ], [ 727, 612 ], [ 757, 606 ], [ 792, 563 ], [ 712, 363 ] ], [ [ 337, 467 ], [ 390, 468 ], [ 611, 506 ], [ 655, 500 ] ], [ [ 352, 793 ], [ 397, 746 ], [ 421, 452 ], [ 422, 408 ], [ 409, 393 ] ], [ [ 540, 837 ], [ 585, 794 ], [ 555, 448 ], [ 552, 429 ], [ 535, 411 ] ], [ [ 318, 367 ], [ 326, 359 ], [ 347, 360 ], [ 623, 398 ], [ 688, 401 ] ], [ [ 336, 282 ], [ 360, 256 ], [ 367, 229 ], [ 355, -28 ] ], [ [ 391, 271 ], [ 407, 258 ], [ 588, 300 ], [ 614, 288 ], [ 631, 269 ], [ 635, 25 ], [ 625, 3 ], [ 568, 18 ] ], [ [ 392, 133 ], [ 406, 144 ], [ 460, 155 ], [ 520, 161 ], [ 543, 154 ] ], [ [ 385, 14 ], [ 400, 24 ], [ 443, 31 ], [ 530, 39 ], [ 575, 36 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 604 698 Q 727 719 737 726 Q 746 733 742 741 Q 736 753 710 761 Q 680 770 614 749 L 548 733 Q 517 729 486 721 Q 459 717 432 712 L 371 706 Q 325 703 275 701 Q 241 698 264 681 Q 297 657 352 664 Q 365 665 380 667 L 432 675 Q 487 684 547 691 L 604 698 Z", "M 238 571 Q 217 581 196 583 Q 189 584 185 579 Q 178 572 189 562 Q 223 520 248 399 Q 254 351 291 319 Q 294 318 299 315 Q 317 311 314 342 Q 313 343 313 346 L 309 372 Q 305 391 297 409 Q 293 433 285 463 Q 278 500 273 529 C 268 558 265 559 238 571 Z", "M 388 589 Q 294 574 238 571 C 208 569 243 524 273 529 Q 283 529 292 531 Q 331 543 391 552 L 435 560 Q 481 567 542 574 L 591 580 Q 714 595 737 581 Q 747 574 739 543 Q 711 431 698 404 L 691 382 Q 690 372 693 362 Q 697 344 712 344 Q 728 345 737 362 Q 750 377 780 453 Q 801 511 844 544 Q 866 562 849 580 Q 830 601 773 633 Q 757 645 674 628 Q 625 625 596 619 L 544 612 Q 483 606 433 596 L 388 589 Z", "M 538 513 Q 486 503 439 493 L 396 486 Q 365 482 336 476 Q 320 473 338 458 Q 353 446 385 451 Q 391 452 399 453 L 441 460 Q 489 469 535 474 L 580 481 Q 616 487 650 490 Q 672 491 665 505 Q 655 518 632 524 Q 613 528 585 522 L 538 513 Z", "M 432 712 Q 432 731 434 739 Q 437 764 421 777 Q 396 796 367 805 Q 351 811 342 804 Q 333 797 341 781 Q 359 745 371 706 L 380 667 Q 383 642 388 589 L 391 552 Q 392 524 396 486 L 399 453 Q 400 422 403 385 C 405 355 448 361 446 391 Q 443 428 441 460 L 439 493 Q 436 529 435 560 L 433 596 Q 433 635 432 675 L 432 712 Z", "M 614 749 Q 615 756 618 763 Q 625 782 629 798 Q 633 810 613 826 Q 579 848 553 853 Q 537 857 528 849 Q 519 842 527 826 Q 552 784 548 733 L 547 691 Q 546 654 544 612 L 542 574 Q 541 544 538 513 L 535 474 Q 531 441 528 404 C 525 374 569 380 572 410 Q 576 446 580 481 L 585 522 Q 588 552 591 580 L 596 619 Q 599 659 604 698 L 614 749 Z", "M 313 346 Q 329 342 356 344 Q 548 368 691 382 C 721 385 721 385 698 404 Q 677 428 610 416 Q 591 415 572 410 L 528 404 Q 485 398 446 391 L 403 385 Q 354 379 309 372 C 279 367 283 351 313 346 Z", "M 379 272 Q 360 287 339 293 Q 330 294 325 287 Q 322 281 329 272 Q 354 209 337 76 Q 324 25 328 8 Q 335 -22 346 -33 Q 356 -45 365 -32 Q 375 -20 381 7 L 385 35 Q 386 48 388 63 Q 388 96 388 126 L 389 154 Q 390 218 394 240 C 397 259 397 259 379 272 Z", "M 558 20 Q 588 -17 609 -52 Q 618 -70 629 -69 Q 644 -68 659 -36 Q 675 1 672 45 Q 665 103 658 210 Q 657 240 673 261 Q 682 274 672 283 Q 654 302 603 324 Q 585 333 571 324 Q 529 305 379 272 C 350 265 365 234 394 240 Q 575 276 585 273 Q 588 272 592 269 Q 604 254 605 57 Q 604 53 604 47 Q 600 31 584 36 C 555 28 552 28 558 20 Z", "M 388 126 Q 391 126 396 126 Q 478 138 538 144 Q 562 147 553 160 Q 543 175 517 180 Q 490 186 389 154 C 360 145 358 126 388 126 Z", "M 381 7 Q 388 7 397 7 Q 488 17 558 20 C 588 21 594 22 584 36 Q 575 52 550 58 Q 517 64 385 35 C 356 29 351 7 381 7 Z" ] } 11 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese 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