曹操

Traditional form:

曹操

Pinyin (reading):

Cáo Cāo

Definitions:

• 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
• the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義／三国演义

Characters:

• 曹 - ministers, officials; a company; surname
• 操 - to conduct, to manage, to run

Traditional characters:

• 曹 - ministers, officials; a company; surname
• 操 - to conduct, to manage, to run