| 曹 |
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 三国演义 |
| 曹 |
Cáo | surname Cao / Zhou Dynasty vassal state |
| 曹 |
cáo | class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) |
| 操 |
cāo | old variant of 操 |
| 操 |
cāo | to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language) |
| 操 |
cào | variant of 肏 |