| Radical: | 手+ 13 strokes = 16 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.158#54 p.326#57 p.418#10 Kangxi: p.458#15 Cihai: p.594r3c01 GSR: 1134.m Hanyu: v3,p1969#03 |
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| Composition: | Left: 扌, right: 喿. Component of: 𧂈 𥩃 |
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| Mandarin: | cāo cào ㄘㄠ ㄘㄠˋ |
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| Cantonese: | cou1 cou3 |
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| Tang reconstruction: | tsɑu tsɑ̀u |
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| Shuowen: | 《》操：把持也。从手喿聲。 |
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| Guangyun: | 《···》操：操持。七刀切，又七到切，四。
《···》操：車轂中空。
《···》操：持也，又志操。七到切，又七刀切，七。 |
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| Kangxi: | 《··》操：《唐韻》七刀切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》倉刀切，𠀤草平聲。《》把持也。《禮·曲禮》謀於長者，必操几杖以從之。《左傳·襄三十一年》猶未能操刀而使割也。《前漢·貢禹傳》勇猛能操切百姓者。《註》操，持也。切，刻也。又姓。明嘉靖給事中操守經，江西浮梁人。又《唐韻》《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》𠀤七到切，音糙。所守也，持念也。《·》湯客田甲有賢操。《註》所執持之志行也。《後漢·趙熹傳》熹少有節操。又風調曰操。《南史·袁粲傳》淸整有風操。又琴曲也。《後漢·曹褒傳》樂詩曲操，以俟君子。《註》《劉向·別錄》曰：君子因雅琴以致思，其道閉塞，悲愁而作者，名其曲曰操。言遇災害，不失其操也。 |
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| Fanqie: | 七刀 (《···》) 七到 (《···》) 蘇后 (《···》) 七到 (《···》) 七刀 (《···》) |
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| Unihan definition: | conduct, run, control, manage |
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cāo ㄘㄠ (1.1): 持，拿著。 Hold, holding.
| 《·》: | 一手之操也，不若二手之3彊也 | | The grasp of one hand cannot compare with that of two. | | 《·》: | 此六子者，無異於磔犬、流豕、操瓢而乞者，皆離名輕死，不念本養壽命者也。 | | (The deaths of) these four men were not different from those of the dog that is torn in pieces, the pig that is borne away by a current, or the beggar (drowned in a ditch) with his alms-gourd in his hand. They were all caught as in a net by their (desire for) fame, not caring to nourish their life to its end, as they were bound to do. | | 《·》: | 昔葛天氏之樂，三人操牛尾投足以歌八闋：一曰載民，二曰玄鳥，三曰遂草木，四曰奮五穀，五曰敬天常，六曰達帝功，七曰依地德，八曰總萬物之極。 |
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cāo ㄘㄠ (1.2): 掌握，駕馭。 Control, drive.
| 《·》: | 顏淵問仲尼曰：「吾嘗濟乎觴深之淵，津人操舟若神。」 | | Yan Yuan asked Zhongni, saying, 'When I was crossing the gulf of Shang-shen, the ferryman handled the boat like a spirit.' | | 《·》: | 所謂貴者，無法而擅行，操國柄而便私者也。 |
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cāo ㄘㄠ (1.3): 攜，帶著。 Carry, bring with.
| 《·》: | 孝子操藥以修慈父，其色燋然，聖人羞之。 | | He was like the filial son carrying in the medicine to cure his kind father, with every sign of distress in his countenance. A sage would be ashamed (of such a thing). | | 《》: | 鄭人有且置履者，先自度其足而置之其坐，至之市而忘操之，已得履，乃曰：「吾忘持度。」 | | 《》: | 魏人鄭安平聞之，乃遂操范睢亡，伏匿，更名姓曰張祿。 |
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cāo ㄘㄠ (2): 擔任，從事。 Serve as, do.
| 《·》: | 孫子曰：凡興師十萬，出征千里，百姓之費，公家之奉，日費千金，內外騷動，怠于道路，不得操事者，七十萬家，相守數年，以爭一日之勝，而愛爵祿百金，不知敵之情者，不仁之至也，非人之將也，非主之佐也，非勝之主也。 |
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cāo ㄘㄠ (3): （舊讀cào）操守，品德。 Integrity, moral character.
| 《·》: | 充仲子之操，則蚓而後可者也。 | | To carry out the principles which he holds, one must become an earthworm, for so only can it be done. | | 《·》: | 君臣易操，則上之三官者廢矣。 |
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cāo ㄘㄠ (4.1): （舊讀cào）琴曲名。 Cao, name of a piece of zither music.
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cāo ㄘㄠ (4.2): （舊讀cào）彈奏（琴曲）。 Play (on the zither).
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