操 · Cheng Miao
Cāo (1st tone). 《说文》: 「操，把持也。从手喿聲」 — ‘to grasp and hold.’ The moral sense arrived early: what you keep hold of under pressure is your 操守, your integrity. 《孟子·告子上》 quotes Confucius on the heart: 「操則存，舍則亡；出入無時，莫知其鄉」 — hold it and it stays, re $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart