操

See also 肏, and 抄

Translingual

Han character

操 (radical 64 手+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 肏， as it was not available in older typefaces.

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

操 (Yale chou1)

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Japanese

Kanji

操 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: そう (sō)
• Kun: あやつる (ayatsuru), とる (toru), みさお (misao)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

操 (thao, tháo, thạo, xáo)