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U+66F9, 曹
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-66F9

[U+66F8]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+66FA]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 73, +7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿田日 (TWA), four-corner 55606, composition ⿱⿻)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 502, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14297
  • Dae Jaweon: page 876, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1511, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+66F9
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Originally (cáo), an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): two bundles on top. The original meaning is "pair; peer, same kind". Later, was added as a distinguishing mark, which corrupted into in bronze inscriptions and in Seal Script, thus getting the intermediate and semi-archaic version 𣍘. The top two have merged and now resemble with an extra stroke.

Unrelated to and .

Pronunciation



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Definitions

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) plaintiff and defendant
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) division department of the central government in ancient times
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) official
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) group
  5. (literary) people of the same kind
       ěrcáo   you all
  6. (historical) Cao, a vassal state in China during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–221 BCE), covering roughly the area of modern-day Dingtao County in Heze, southwestern Shandong province
  7. a surname
       Cáo Cāo   Cao Cao

Compounds

References

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Japanese

Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. cadet
  2. friend

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

(eum (jo))

  1. alternative form of

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: Tào

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