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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 曹操

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
曹操 cáo cāo - Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕
- the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 10,330 8,281 6,773

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
cáo- surname Cao
- Zhou Dynasty vassal state
cáo- class or grade
- generation
- plaintiff and defendant (old)
- government department (old)
cāo- 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]
cāo- old variant of 操[cao1]

Other Words Containing 曹操

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
曹操 - - 10,330 8,281 6,773