[操, cāoㄘㄠ] to grasp; to hold; to operate; to manage; to control; to steer; to exercise; to drill (practice); to play; to speak (a language), See Also: 肏#2633
[曹操, Cáo Cāoㄘㄠˊ ㄘㄠ] 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, See Also: 曹魏, 曹丕, 三國演義, 三国演义#8281
[そうさ, sousa] (n) (1) operation; management; processing; (2) manipulating to one's benefit; (vs) (3) to operate; (4) to manipulate; to fiddle (e.g. the books); (P)#1644
[あやつる, ayatsuru] (v5r, vt) (1) to manipulate; to operate; to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to steer (a ship); (2) to have a good command of (a language); to be fluent in; (3) to operate a puppet; to pull the strings of a puppet; (4) to mastermind; to pull the strings; to control from the shadows; (5) (arch) to play (a musical instrument); (P)#8677