old variant of 操[cao1]

= + : The King of Chu is exercising in front of the aorta. He is standing on one leg, and holding a toy claw in each hand. With the toy claws, he is balancing two large cuckoo's clocks respectively.
to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language)

= + : The King of Chu is exercising in front of the aorta. He is standing on one leg, and holding a toy claw in each hand. With the toy claws, he is balancing two large cuckoo's clocks respectively.
variant of 肏[cao4]

操 character breakdown

chirping of birds

= + : Shakespeare is setting up a Christmas tree in the aorta's bathroom. He's putting a pyramid on top, out of which every full hour a mechanical bird pops out to chirp a song, just like in a cuckoo clock.
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

Characters with 操 as component

操 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 操

aerobics / aerobic dance (school P.E. activity)
to drill / to exercise / to go outdoors for physical exercise
to do exercises / to do gymnastics
(Internet slang) it's nothing, there's no need to compliment
to actually do (sth) (as opposed to learning how to do it from books etc) / practice (as opposed to theory) (abbr. for 實際操作|实际操作[shi2 ji4 cao1 zuo4])
to have a friendly chat (Shanghai)
the art of the possible (Bismarck on politics)

Sentences with 操

hái
ér
men
 
 
ca̅o
liàn
qi
lai