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Kanji Detail for 曹 - "official, comrade"
曹
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Meaning
曹 means "official, comrade." Also associated with department.
Official - A government officer; a bureaucrat.
Comrade - A fellow worker or companion.
Department - A division of government.
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Tattoo check: 曹
- Verified meaning: official, comrade
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read そ, そう, たお, ちょう)
- Also carries these associations: department
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 曹
Surnames 曹(そ)
曹(そう)
曹(たお)
曹(ちょう)
曹(つあお)
曹(つかさ)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
office; official; comrade; fellow
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
ministry officials; surname
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Cao; Zhou Dynasty vassal state
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
ministers, officials; a company; surname
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The two parties in a lawsuit. Meaning the plaintiff and defendant. Now commonly written as 兩造. | Opponent. People competing against each other. Such as in 分曹射覆 (dividing into teams for guessing games). | Group, generation. Such as "your group" is 爾曹, "our group" is 我曹, meaning "you all" and "we all." | Government offices handling specific duties are called 曹. Such as calling officials of various ministries 部曹. | State name. Cao Shu Zhenduo, son of King Wen of Zhou, was enfeoffed at Cao. In the late Spring and Autumn period, it was destroyed by Song. Located in the present-day Pingyuan and Heze area.
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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