操
操 — jo
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 잡을 조
- Romanization
- jo
- English
- conduct, run, control, manage
- Mandarin
- cāo
- Japanese on'yomi
- ソウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- みさお あやつ.る
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 6
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,016 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 手 (64, 13 residual)
- Unicode
- U+64CD
Parts that make up 操
How 操 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 操 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 喿.
Korean example words with 操
- 재조才操 Korean gloss: ‘재주’의 원말
- 정조貞操 Korean gloss: 여자의 곧은 절개
- 절조節操 Korean gloss: 법도에 맞고 바른 규모
- 조업操業 Korean gloss: 기계 따위를 움직여 일을 함
- 조행操行 Korean gloss: 태도와 행실을 아울러 이르는 말
- 조종操縱 Korean gloss: 다른 사람을 자기 마음대로 다루어 부림
- 지조志操 Korean gloss: 원칙과 신념을 굽히지 아니하고 끝까지 지켜 나가는 꿋꿋한 의지. 또는 그런 기개
- 조신하다操身 Korean gloss: 몸가짐을 조심하다
- 합조하다合操 Korean gloss: 각 영문(營門)의 군사를 한데 모아 조련하다
- 조심하다操心 Korean gloss: 잘못이나 실수가 없도록 말이나 행동에 마음을 쓰다
- 조련장操鍊場 Korean gloss: 훈련을 하는 장소
- 체조법體操法 Korean gloss: 체조를 하는 방법
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 操
- 操作そうさ operation; management; handling
- 操縦そうじゅう steering; piloting; flying
- 体操たいそう gymnastics; physical exercises; artistic gymnastics
- 操業そうぎょう operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.); work
- 操みさお fidelity; honour; honor
- 節操せっそう integrity; fidelity; constancy
- 操りあやつり manipulation; puppet
- 情操じょうそう sensibility (artistic, moral); (good) taste; sentiment
- 操るあやつる to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to manage
- 操り人形あやつりにんぎょう puppet; marionette
- 柔軟体操じゅうなんたいそう calisthenics
- 操車そうしゃ operation (of trains)
Other hanja read “조”
Other hanja with radical 手
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences