Memory phrase for the character: 操

操

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Meaning

to grasp, to hold, to control, to exercise

Pronunciation

cāo, cào

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: to gather 喿 (Three mouths 口 [beaks of birds] in a tree 木, where birds: gather.)

Mnemonic
 
The hand is gathering/collecting, when (a lot) is grasped.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
喿 assemble uniteThree mouths of birds (beaks) in a tree
品 goods




 Vocabulary

操作 cāo zuò  to work; to operate; to manipulate
操纵 cāo zòng  to operate; to control; to rig; to manipulate
体操 tǐ cāo  gymnastic; gymnastics
 
 

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