| 1520 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 2030 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2134 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1413 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1479 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1929 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2114 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1933 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 999 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3414 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1759 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2394 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1181 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14297 | Morohashi |
| 2746 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2477 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1173 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1257 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1448 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1998 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 曹 【ソウ】 palace room for government officials, fellow, set (of people), clan, family
- 曹灰硼石 【ソウカイホウセキ】 ulexite
- 法曹 【ホウソウ】 legal profession, judicial officer, lawyer, attorney
- 海曹 【カイソウ】 petty officer (navy)
- 曹司 【ゾウシ】 palace room for government officials or ladies in waiting, room inside a palace or private estate allocated to employees, person living in such a room, boarding house for trainee administrators (ritsuryō period)
Readings
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- cadete
- amigo
Portuguese
- caçula
- amigo
French
- élève officier
- sous-officier
- ami
- fils de bonne famille
| 1978 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4c7.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 5560.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 66f9 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1016 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 操 【ミサオ】 fidelity, honour, honor, constancy, chastity (of a woman), faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
- 操業 【ソウギョウ】 operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.), work
- 柔軟体操 【ジュウナンタイソウ】 calisthenics
- 器械体操 【キカイタイソウ】 apparatus gymnastics, artistic gymnastics
Kun reading compounds
- 操 【みさお】 fidelity, honour, honor, constancy, chastity (of a woman), faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
- 操を守る 【みさおをまもる】 to adhere to one's principles, to preserve one's chastity
- 操る 【あやつる】 to operate (e.g. a machine), to handle, to manage, to control, to maneuver, to steer, to have a good command of (a language), to play proficiently (of a musical instrument), to work (a puppet), to pull the strings of a puppet, to manipulate (a person, public opinion, etc.), to pull the strings, to control from the shadows, to mastermind
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さお、 みさ
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- manipular
- manejar
- dirigir
- castidad
- fidelidad
- virtud
Portuguese
- manobra
- manipular
- opera
- pilotar
- castidade
- virgindade
- fidelidade
French
- manipuler
- manoeuvre
- faite marcher
- diriger
- chasteté
- virginité
- fidélité
| 935 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 922 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 985 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2015 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1367 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 582 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2448 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1655 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1769 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1485 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 928 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 948 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 531 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 693 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 678 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 12806 | Morohashi |
| 769 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2296 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 671 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 724 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 995 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1364 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3c13.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-13 | SKIP code |
| 5609.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 64cd | Unicode hex code |