surname Cao / Zhou Dynasty vassal state

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a Chinese / white herring.

The King of Chu (c) called Cao Cao too often (曹) and now he's about to enter the aorta (ao2). To pay him respect the King of Chu plays a flute (一) and the Chinese / white herring (曹) plays a harp (曲). They also record their performance with a microphone (曰).
class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old)

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: a Chinese / white herring.

The King of Chu (c) called Cao Cao too often (曹) and now he's about to enter the aorta (ao2). To pay him respect the King of Chu plays a flute (一) and the Chinese / white herring (曹) plays a harp (曲). They also record their performance with a microphone (曰).

曹 character breakdown

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
to speak / to say

= + : Yu the Great is selling flutes in front of the elevator. She has a whole box of them, and she's advertising them by using a microphone.
surname Qu
bent / crooked / wrong
tune / song / CL:支[zhi1]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a harp. Cupid (qu) is playing a harp (曲) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He's sitting on a big enclosure (囗), playing the harp (曲) and wielding a double axe (卄) at the same time.
variant of 麴|曲[qu1]
yeast / Aspergillus (includes many common molds) / Taiwan pr. [qu2]

Characters with 曹 as component

dregs / draff / pickled in wine / rotten / messy / ruined

= + : Zorro (z) found a very rotten, dead (糟) herring (曹) in a sack of rice (米) and now the rice is a total waste (糟). He gets rid of the rice and the herring in front of the aorta (ao1).
to meet by chance (usually with misfortune) / classifier for events: time, turn, incident

= + : Once upon a time (遭) Zorro (b) caught a huge white Chinese herring (曹) and brought it back to the aorta (ao1), but he met with misfortune (遭) as he dropped the herring onto his new gladiator sandals (辶) in front of the aorta (ao1).
trough / manger / groove / channel / (Tw) (computing) hard drive
to transport (esp. grain) by water / (literary) watercourse; canal
bustling / tumultuous / noisy

= + : The King of Chu (c) and the white herring (曹) are making a noise (嘈) in the aorta's kitchen (ao2) because they cannot agree who may eat the very last mandarin (口).
finish, to go around
seagoing junk
(a kind of herb)
larva of Mimela lucidula
see 蹧蹋[zao1 ta4]

Words with 曹

the Three Caos (Cao Cao 曹操 and his sons Cao Pi 曹丕 and Cao Zhi 曹植), who established the Wei or Cao Wei dynasty 曹魏, and were all three noted poets and calligraphers
market / official in charge of small merchants
(archaic) we / us / (Internet slang) (substitute for 我肏[wo3 cao4]) fuck / WTF
Cao Buxing or Ts'ao Pu-hsing (active c. 210-250), famous semilegendary painter, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家
Cao Pi (187-226), second son of Cao Cao 曹操, king then emperor of Cao Wei 曹魏 from 220, ruled as Emperor Wen 魏文帝, also a noted calligrapher
Cao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader
Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1] / also pr. [Cao2 Shen1]
Cao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao 曹操, noted poet and calligrapher
Cao Chong (196-208), son of Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1]
Chinese herring (Ilisha elongata) / white herring / slender shad

Sentences with 曹

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