曹
class or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old); government department (old)
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,928 U+66F9
How 曹 is formed
How to remember it
Cao · Heisig RSH #3001
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 曹 as their sound component
These characters all use 曹 (cáo) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曹 sound component | cáo | ministers, officials; a company; surname |
| 槽 | cáo | trough, manger; vat, tank; distillery |
| 糟 | zāo | sediment, dregs; to waste, to spoil |
| 遭 | zāo | to meet, to encounter, to come across |
| 嘈 | cáo | bustling, noisy |
| 漕 | cáo | canal, watercourse; to transport by sea |
| 蹧 | zāo | to spoil; to ruin |
| 螬 | cáo | grubs found in fruit |
| 艚 | cáo | ship, junk |
Words containing 曹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 身在曹营心在汉 | shēn zài Cáo yíng xīn zài Hàn | live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom); to be somewhere while longing to … |
| 曹白鱼 | cáo bái yú | Chinese herring (Ilisha elongata); white herring; slender shad |
| 军曹鱼 | jūn cáo yú | cobia or black kingfish (Rachycentron canadum) |
| 曹不兴 | Cáo Bù xīng | Cao Buxing or Ts'ao Pu-hsing (active c. 210-250), famous semilegendary painter, one of the… |
| 阴曹地府 | yīn cáo dì fǔ | netherworld; Kingdom of the Underworld; Hades |
| 说曹操，曹操到 | shuō Cáo Cāo , Cáo Cāo dào | see 說曹操曹操就到|说曹操曹操就到[shuo1 Cao2 Cao1 Cao2 Cao1 jiu4 dao4] |
| 曹县 | Cáo Xiàn | Cao County or Caoxian, a county in Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4], Shandong |
| 市曹 | shì cáo | market; official in charge of small merchants |
| 三曹 | Sān Cáo | the Three Caos (Cao Cao 曹操 and his sons Cao Pi 曹丕 and Cao Zhi 曹植), who established the Wei… |
| 说曹操曹操就到 | shuō Cáo Cāo Cáo Cāo jiù dào | lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives; fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear |
| 曹余章 | Cáo Yú zhāng | Cao Yuzhang (1924-1996), modern writer and publisher, author of Tales from 5000 Years of C… |
| 阴曹 | yīn cáo | hell; the inferno |
| 曹刚川 | Cáo Gāng chuān | Cao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader |
| 曹冲 | Cáo Chōng | Cao Chong (196-208), son of Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] |
| 曹靖华 | Cáo Jìng huá | Cao Jinghua (1897-1987), translator from Russian, professor of Peking University and essay… |
| 曹参 | Cáo Cān | Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighti… |
| 曹操 | Cáo Cāo | Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligra… |
| 萧规曹随 | Xiāo guī Cáo suí | lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何[Xiao1 He2] governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参[Cao2 Can1] (idiom); fig. to … |
| 曹植 | Cáo Zhí | Cao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao 曹操, noted poet and calligrapher |
| 赴阴曹 | fù yīn cáo | to enter hell |