曹
Ancient forms
3 forms- Oracle boneShang
- BronzeWestern Zhou
- Small sealQin–Han
- 曹RegularToday
Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
cáo cao2
- class or grade
- generation
- plaintiff and defendant (old)
- government department (old)
Cáo cao2
- surname Cao
- Zhou Dynasty vassal state
Example sentences
- Pinocchio, apologize for that, or look out!
- Speak of the devil and he is sure to appear.
- This is Cao Cao's trickery.
Words with 曹
- 市曹shìcáomarket
- 阴曹yīncáohell
- 我曹wǒcáous
- 曹白鱼cáobáiyúChinese herring (Ilisha elongata)
- 军曹鱼jūncáoyúcobia or black kingfish (Rachycentron canadum)
- 赴阴曹fùyīncáoto enter hell
- 阴曹地府yīncáodìfǔnetherworld
- 绑赴市曹bǎngfùshìcáoto bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution
- 曹县CáoxiànCao county in Heze 菏泽 (Hé zé), Shandong
- 三曹SānCáothe 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
- 曹冲CáoChōngCao Chong (196-208), son of Cao Cao 曹操 (Cáo Cāo)
- 曹参CáoCānCao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 刘邦 (Liú Bāng) side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚汉战争 (Chǔ Hàn Zhàn zhēng)