曹

EtymologyEdit

東 + 東 + 曰 – the top 東 + 東 have merged, and resembles the unrelated 曲 with an extra 一 stroke.

Han characterEdit

曹 (radical 73 曰+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿田日 (TWA), four-corner 5560₆)

1. ministry officials
2. used as a surname
3. group, company

Derived charactersEdit

• 遭 漕 槽

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 502, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14297
• Dae Jaweon: page 876, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1511, character 6
• Unihan data for U+66F9

HanziEdit

曹 (Jyutping cou4, Yale chou4)

KanjiEdit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

ReadingsEdit

• On: そう (sō)
• Kun: つかさ (tsukasa), ともがら (tomogara), へや (heya)

CompoundsEdit

HanjaEdit

曹 (hangeul 조 (jo), revised jo, McCune-Reischauer cho, Yale co)

CompoundsEdit

HanziEdit

曹 (Pinyin cáo (cao2), Cáo (Cao2), Wade-Giles ts'ao², Ts'ao²)

• IPA^(key): tsʰɑʊ̯

HanziEdit

曹 (TLPA tsô (tso⁵))

ReferencesEdit

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

Han characterEdit

曹 (tào)