操
2 readings · tap one to hear it
to grasp; to hold; to operate; to manage; to control; to steer; to exercise; to drill (practice); to play; to speak (a language)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 手 +13
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 操
- Common rank
- #936
- Unicode
- U+64CD
Sound it out + = · + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 操 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 meaning “hand” + 喿 sound ()
Components 扌 喿
How to remember it
exercise · Heisig RSH #2335
fingers + wood pulp
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 操
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国际体操联合会 | Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique | |
| 体操运动员 | gymnast | |
| 操作数 | operand (computing) | |
| 操作台 | operating desk; control panel; console | |
| 操作者 | operator | |
| 操作员 | operator | |
| 自由体操 | floor (gymnastics) | |
| 操盘手 | heavyweight operator in a market | |
| 操之过急 | to act with undue haste (idiom); eager and impatient; overhasty | |
| 操作系统 | operating system | |
| 重操旧业 | (idiom) to resume one's old trade | |
| 操刀手 | person charged with decisive action; hatchet man | |
| 操心 | to worry about | |
| 操行 | (student's) behavior | |
| 体操 | gymnastic; gymnastics | |
| 操法 | drill rules | |
| 出操 | to drill; to exercise; to go outdoors for physical exercise | |
| 网络操作系统 | network operating system | |
| 操神 | to worry about; to look after; to take care of | |
| 体操队 | gymnastics team |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 喿 — compare how they read.