Phonetic Reading of the Character '曹'



Animated Stroke Order of 曹:



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Stroke Sequence of the Character '曹'



Radical:曰     Strokes:11



Pinyin & Definition:

cáoa company/a class/a generation/surname Cao


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Words with Chinese Character 曹:
surname Cao
Zhou Dynasty vassal state
曹不兴Cao Buxing or Ts'ao Pu-hsing (active c. 210-250), famous semi-legendary painter, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties 六朝四大家
曹丕Cao Pi (187-226), second son of Cao Cao 曹操, king then emperor of Cao Wei 曹魏 from 220, ruled as Emperor Wen 魏文帝, also a noted calligrapher
曹余章Cao Yuzhang (1924-), modern writer and publisher, author of narrative history 上下五千年
曹刚川Cao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader
曹县Cao county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽
曹操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 三國演義|三国演义
曹植Cao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao 曹操, noted poet and calligrapher
曹禺Cao Yu (1910-1997), PRC dramatist
曹锟Cao Kun (1862-1938), one of the Northern Warlords
曹雪芹Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦
曹靖华Cao Jinghua (1897-1987), translator from Russian, professor of Beijing University and essayist
曹魏Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265