曹操

Cáo Cāo
  1. Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕
  2. the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 曹 Cáo
  1. surname Cao
  2. Zhou Dynasty vassal state
=2 操 cāo old variant of 操 cāo
=2 操 cāo
  1. to grasp
  2. to hold
  3. to operate
  4. to manage
  5. to control
  6. to steer
  7. to exercise
  8. to drill (practice)
  9. to play
  10. to speak (a language)
=2 操 cào variant of 肏 cào