曹
- Radical
- 曰
- Strokes
- 11
- Residual strokes
- 7
Mandarin
cáo
Teochew
Glyph
- Radical
- 曰
- Residual strokes
- 7 strokes
- Strokes
- 11 strokes
- Mandarin
- cáo
Definitions by reading
cao5
Mandarin equivalent cáo
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng
cao5
Chenghai
cao5
Jieyang
cao5
Raoping
cao5
Shantou
cao5
①辈，等：尔曹|吾曹 ②姓
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001
GuangyunPhonological reconstruction
1
從母 一等 開口 豪韵 平声 昨勞切
Reconstruction:
Original
曹局也。又輩也，眾也，群也。亦州名，蓋取古國以名之。又姓，本自顓頊玄孫陸終之子六安，是爲曹姓。周武王封曹挾於邾，故邾曹姓也。魏武作家傳，自云曹叔振鐸之後。周武王封母弟振鐸於曹，後以國爲氏，出譙國、彭城、高平、鉅鹿四望。昨勞切十四。