肏

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

肏 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+2, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人人月人 (OOBO), four-corner 8022₇, composition ⿱入肉)

Derived characters

• 𡌵

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 973, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29246
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2931, character 2
• Unihan data for U+808F

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Chinese

trad.		肏
simp. #		肏
alternative forms		操 草 internet 艸 internet 艹 internet

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 入 (“enter”) + 肉 (“flesh”).

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cào (cao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cào
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cào
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao⁴
    • Yale: tsàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaw
    • Palladius: цао (cao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: caau³
    • Yale: chaau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːu̯³³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 肏

1. (vulgar, of a male) to fuck; to have sex with someone

   肏你媽！／肏你妈！  ―  Cào nǐ mā!  ―  Fuck your mother!

2. (vulgar) a word used to express one's anger: fuck!

Usage notes

• Commonly used as the English "fuck" as a slang term. Often, the similar-sounding euphemism 靠 (kào) is used as an interjection.

Synonyms

• (Cantonese, Hakka) 屌 (diu2)
• (Hokkien) 姦／奸 (kàn)
• (Min Dong) 𠚺 (shà)