Who's behind it?
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操
Traditional: 撡
cāo
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cāo · cou1 (Jyutping)
- old variant of 操[cao1]
- to grasp
- to hold
- to operate
- to manage
- to control
- to steer
- to exercise
- to drill (practice)
- to play
- to speak (a language)
cào
- variant of 肏[cao4]
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Character breakdown
操
- Meaning
- conduct, run, control, manage
- Radical
- 扌
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- ⿰扌喿
- Cangjie
- QRRD
- Four-corner
- 5609.4
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Example sentences
This car is easy to handle.
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