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"Cao" (cao2), which is a synaesthetic word. The "Cao" character of the oracle bone is a glyph of the upper and lower structure, the upper part is two side-by-side "east", and the lower part is a "mouth". The original meaning of "East" is the large pocket containing items, the large pocket contains the meaning of many, and the two large pockets side by side have the meaning of "pair, double, even, group" and so on. The lower "mouth" means equal dialogue.
During the middle of the Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, the Jin script "Cao" was added to the "mouth" character in the lower part of the oracle bone glyph to emphasize the sound emanating from the mouth. Another paragraph in the Warring States period was to write the upper "two easts" as an "east".
XiaoZhuan changed the middle and lower part of the golden glyph to "曰", and the Lishu wrote the upper part of the small seal "Shuangdong" as "You" with a horizontal line, the whole character was written as "曺", the Book of Books merged "Shuangdong" into Jian Province, and the Chinese characters were written as "Cao".
The original meaning of "Cao" is right and double. Song Yu's "Summoning Souls": "Divide cao and go hand in hand, and be forced to do so." (The two play against each other, attacking and defending each other to win the game.) )
"Cao" extends from "double" to both sides. "Shuowen Jiezi": "Cao, the two Cao Ye of The Lion." (Meaning both parties to the lawsuit, namely the plaintiff and the defendant.) )
"Cao" is extended from the meaning of "group", similar to the "we" in modern Chinese. Du Fu's poem "Drama for Six Absolute Sentences": "Ercao's body is separated from his name, and he does not waste the rivers and rivers of eternity." "
"Cao" is an ancient official who divided the branches of the department. Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Hundred Officials Chronicle: Emperor Cheng initially placed four Shangshu people, divided into four Cao. At this time, "Cao" was equivalent to the later "Ministry", and in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Yi Shangshu had several Cao under its jurisdiction, and the "Cao" at this time was equivalent to the later "Division", and the later local prefectures and counties also had Cao, such as Hu Cao, Thief Cao, Fa Cao, etc., and the "Cao" at this time was equivalent to the later "Branch".
"Cao" was a vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty, in the area of present-day Dingtao County, Heze City, Shandong Province.
"Cao" is a surname.