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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

(radical 64 +13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手口口木 (QRRD), four-corner 56094)

  1. conduct, run, control, manage
  2. (slang): fuck
  • The usage of 操 as "fuck" did not arise until computer came into mainstream use; the character became used as a replacement for , as it was not available in older typefaces.

[edit] 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

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(Yale chou1)


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

(grade 6 kanji)

[edit] Readings


[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

(hangeul , revised jo, McCune-Reischauer cho, Yale co)


[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

(pinyin cāo (cao1), (slang): cào (cao4), Wade-Giles ts'ao1, (slang): ts'ao4)


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(thao, tháo, thạo, xáo)