曹

Derived characters

 * 傮 嘈 㜖 嶆 㡟 慒 槽 漕 㷮 𥕢 䄚 糟 䏆 䐬 艚 螬 褿 䜊 蹧 醩 鏪 鰽(𫚧) 遭 蓸 𡐋 𢲵 𣉿 𣩒 𤗰 𤡐 𥀛 𭿕 𦄧(𬘿) 𨎝 𩞄(𩠎) 𮮁 𪙡 𩆦 𬟠 𩘳 𪯓 𡮦 𣍖 𥲍 𦋿 𧕐

Glyph origin
Originally, an : two bundles – same kind; peer. Later 囗 was added as a distinguishing mark, which corrupted into 甘 in bronze inscriptions, 曰 in seal script, and finally 日 in standard script. The top two 東 have merged and now resemble with an extra stroke.

Definitions

 * 1)  plaintiff and defendant
 * 2)  division department of the central government in ancient times
 * 3)  official
 * 4)  group
 * 5)  people of the same kind
 * 6)  Cao, a vassal state in China during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–221 ), covering roughly the area of modern-day Dingtao County in Heze, southwestern Shandong province
 * 1)  Cao, a vassal state in China during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–221 ), covering roughly the area of modern-day Dingtao County in Heze, southwestern Shandong province

Kanji

 * 1) cadet
 * 2) friend