曹操 in English Cao2 Cao1 Meaning

Meanings

  • 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

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Pinyin

Cao2 Cao1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

cao2surname Cao cao1old variant of 操[cao1]