操

to grasp; to hold; to operate; to manage; to control; to steer; to exercise; to drill (practice); to play; to speak (a language)

16 strokes Dict coverage rank #936 U+64CD

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 喿 (phonetic, sào)

components: 扌喿

exercise · Heisig RSH #2335

fingers + wood pulp

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 喿

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 喿 (sào) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
喿 sound component	sào	the sound of birds chirping
躁	zào	tense, irritable; rash, hot-tempered
燥	zào	arid, dry, parched; quick-tempered
澡	zǎo	to wash, to bathe
臊	sào	shy, bashful; rank, fetid; the smell of urine
橾	shū	the axle hole in the center of a wheel (archaic)
缲	qiāo	to spool, to reel

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
国际体操联合会	Guó jì Tǐ cāo Lián hé huì	Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
体操运动员	tǐ cāo yùn dòng yuán	gymnast
操作数	cāo zuò shù	operand (computing)
操作台	cāo zuò tái	operating desk; control panel; console
操作者	cāo zuò zhě	operator
操作员	cāo zuò yuán	operator
自由体操	zì yóu tǐ cāo	floor (gymnastics)
操盘手	cāo pán shǒu	heavyweight operator in a market
操之过急	cāo zhī guò jí	to act with undue haste (idiom); eager and impatient; overhasty
操作系统	cāo zuò xì tǒng	operating system
重操旧业	chóng cāo jiù yè	(idiom) to resume one's old trade
操刀手	cāo dāo shǒu	person charged with decisive action; hatchet man
操心	cāo xīn	to worry about
操行	cāo xíng	(student's) behavior
体操	tǐ cāo	gymnastic; gymnastics
操法	cāo fǎ	drill rules
出操	chū cāo	to drill; to exercise; to go outdoors for physical exercise
网络操作系统	wǎng luò cāo zuò xì tǒng	network operating system
操神	cāo shén	to worry about; to look after; to take care of
体操队	tǐ cāo duì	gymnastics team