U+64CD "操" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

操

U+64CD "操" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) and Japanese kanji that primarily means "to operate," "to handle," or "to control," as in operating machinery or manipulating objects. It also conveys the concepts of "conduct" or "moral integrity," such as in the term 操守 (cāoshǒu, meaning "moral principles"). However, this character carries a strong and common vulgar slang meaning in modern Mandarin Chinese, where it is used as an expletive similar to a profane curse word, often expressing frustration, aggression, or emphasis. In Japanese, the kanji is pronounced "sō" or "misao" and retains the meaning of "chastity" or "conduct," without the vulgar connotation. The character is composed of the radical 扌 (hand) on the left and 喿 (zào, meaning "noisy") on the right, reflecting its original sense of physical action or handling.

General Properties

Code Point	U+64CD
Version Added	1.1
Name	CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block	CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	操
HTML Hex Encoding	操
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE6 0x93 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding	0x64CD
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000064CD
C/C++/Java Escape	\u64cd

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive	BEDE
kCCCII	21417B
kCNS1986	1-7067
kCNS1992	1-7067
kCangjie	QRRD
kCantonese	cou1
kCihaiT	594.301
kCowles	4776
kDaeJaweon	0807.040
kDefinition	conduct, run, control, manage
kEACC	21417B
kFanqie	七刀蘇后七到
kFenn	697C
kFennIndex	547.02
kFourCornerCode	5609.4
kGB0	1857
kGB1	1857
kGradeLevel	1
kGSR	1134m
kHangul	조:0E
kHanYu	31969.030
kHanyuPinlu	cāo(133)
kHanyuPinyin	31969.030:cāo
kHKGlyph	1669
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	0807.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	31969.030
kIRGKangXi	0458.150
kIRG_GSource	G0-3259
kIRG_HSource	HB1-BEDE
kIRG_JSource	J0-4160
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-E8F8
kIRG_KSource	K0-7043
kIRG_TSource	T1-7067
kIRG_VSource	V2-8C6B
kJapanese	ソウみさおあやつるとる
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanEducationHanja	2007
kTGH	2013:3317
kJapaneseKun	AYATSURU TORU MISAO
kJapaneseOn	SOU
kJis0	3364
kKangXi	0458.150
kKorean	CO
kLau	338 339
kMainlandTelegraph	2347
kMandarin	cāo
kMatthews	6732
kMeyerWempe	3414
kMojiJoho	MJ012820 MJ012820:E0101 MJ059648:E0102
kMorohashi	12806 12806:E0101
kNelson	2015
kPhonetic	230
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+2786+64.3.13
kRSUnicode	64.13
kSBGY	158.54 326.57 418.10
kSMSZD2003Index	269.06
kSMSZD2003Readings	cāo粵cou1 cāo,cào粵sou3,cou1
kTaiwanTelegraph	2347
kTang	tsɑu tsɑ̀u
kTGHZ2013	032.080:cāo
kTotalStrokes	16
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kXerox	246:273
kXHC1983	0106.020:cāo