操

See also: 肏
操 U+64CD, 操
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64CD
← 擌
[U+64CC] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 擎 →
[U+64CE]

Translingual

Han character

操 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手口口木 (QRRD), four-corner 56094, composition ⿰扌喿)

References
  • KangXi: page 458, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12806
  • Dae Jaweon: page 807, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1969, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+64CD

Chinese
trad. 操
simp. # 操
alternative forms 撡／操

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 操
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (喿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
藻 *ʔsaːwʔ
澡 *ʔslaːwʔ
璪 *ʔsaːwʔ
繰 *ʔsaːwʔ, *saːw, *sʰaw
躁 *ʔsaːws
趮 *ʔsaːws
操 *sʰaːw, *sʰaːws
幧 *sʰaːw, *sʰaw
懆 *sʰaːwʔ
鄵 *sʰaːws
鐰 *zaːw, *sʰaw
臊 *saːw, *saːws
鱢 *saːw
燥 *saːwʔ, *saːws
噪 *saːws
髞 *saːws
喿 *saːws
譟 *saːws
劋 *ʔsawʔ, *ʔseːwʔ
橾 *soːwʔ, *srow

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰaːw, *sʰaːws) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 喿 (OC *saːws).

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • chhau - vernacular;
  • chho/chho͘ - literary.
Rime
Character 操
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 七刀切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sʰɑu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡sʰɑu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sʰɑu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sʰaw/
Li
Rong		 /t͡sʰɑu/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sʰɑu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡sʰɑu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 cāo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 cou1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 操
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 cāo
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tshawX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[tsʰ]ˁawʔ/
English grasp (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 操
Reading # 1/2
No. 16571
Phonetic
component		 喿
Rime
group		 宵
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 操
Old
Chinese		 /*sʰaːw/
Definitions

操

  1. to conduct
  2. to run
  3. to control
  4. to manage
  5. (military) to drill
  6. to have somebody overwork
  7. to speak (an accent)
  8. calisthenics
  9. exercise
  10. (Cantonese) to train; to practice
  11. a surname
Compounds
Derived terms from 操

Pronunciation 2

Note:
  • chhau/chhó - vernacular;
  • chho/chho͘ - literary;
  • chhò/chhò͘ - literary (limited, e.g. 曹操).
Rime
Character 操
Reading # 3/3
Initial (聲) 清 (14)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 七到切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sʰɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡sʰɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sʰɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sʰawH/
Li
Rong		 /t͡sʰɑuH/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sʰɑuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡sʰɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 cào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 cou3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 操
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 cāo
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tshawH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[tsʰ]ˁawʔ-s/
English (what is grasped:) principles

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 操
Reading # 2/2
No. 16575
Phonetic
component		 喿
Rime
group		 宵
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 操
Old
Chinese		 /*sʰaːws/
Definitions

操

  1. conduct; behaviour
Compounds
Derived terms from 操

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 操 – see 肏 (“to fuck; to have sex with someone; etc.”).
(This character, 操, is a variant form of 肏.)

Japanese

Kanji
操

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. chastity
  2. fidelity
  3. honor
  4. faith

Readings

Proper noun

操(みさお) • (Misao) 

  1. a male given name

Korean

Etymology
“to control; etc.”

From Middle Chinese 操 (MC t͡sʰɑu, “to grasp”).

Historical readings
“conduct; behaviour”

From Middle Chinese 操 (MC t͡sʰɑuH, “principles”).

Historical readings

Pronunciation
  • (conduct; to control; to drill; to operate; etc.):
  • (in 操鍊, 操船, 操心, 操業, 操典, 操車, and 操舵):
    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕo̞(ː)]
    • Phonetic hangul: [조(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Wikisource 操 (eumhun 잡을 조 (jabeul jo))

  1. Hanja form? of 조 (“conduct; behaviour”).
  2. Hanja form? of 조 (“to control; to manage”).
  3. Hanja form? of 조 (“to drill; to train”).
  4. Hanja form? of 조 (“to operate; to manipulate”).

Compounds
Compounds

References
  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

操: Hán Nôm readings: thao, tháo, thạo, xáo, thảo

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