| 市 |
shì cáo | market / official in charge of small merchants |
| 市 |
shì | market / city / municipality (administrative unit) / (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods |
| 曹 |
Cáo | surname Cao / Zhou Dynasty vassal state |
| 曹 |
cáo | class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) |