曹氏圖騰釋義 

【釋義】 在甲骨文中，「曹」字像兩個人在爭辯，即原告和被告相對之狀。下部是「曰」，表示兩人在說話、在爭辯、在打官司。因此，古代訴訟的原告和被告被稱為「兩曹」。 

【起源】 帝顓頊的玄孫陸終之第五子名安，得曹姓。西周初年，安的裔孫曹挾被封於「邾」，建立邾國（都城在今山東鄒縣）。戰國時邾國被楚國所滅，子孫有的以國為氏稱為「邾氏」，有的則恢復祖姓稱為「曹氏」。另有周武王姬發之弟叔振鐸，西周初年被封於「曹」，建立曹國，都城在陶丘（今山東定陶）。後被宋國所滅，子孫以國為氏。

• 得姓始祖： 曹安

• 始祖地： 山東鄒縣、定陶

• 郡望堂號： 譙郡、彭城；清靖堂

• 當今排序／人口： 第30位／約791萬

• 宋版百家姓排序： 第26位

• 現存家譜： 295部

Interpretation of the Cao Clan Totem 

[Definition] In Oracle Bone Script, the character "Cao" (曹) depicts two people arguing, representing the opposing positions of a plaintiff and a defendant. The lower portion is "Yue" (曰 - to speak), indicating that two people are talking, disputing, or engaged in a lawsuit. Consequently, in ancient legal proceedings, the plaintiff and defendant were referred to as the "Two Caos."

[Origin] An, the fifth son of Lu Zhong (who was the great-great-grandson of Emperor Zhuanxu), was granted the surname Cao. In the early Western Zhou Dynasty, An's descendant, Cao Xie, was enfeoffed in Zhu, establishing the State of Zhu (with its capital in present-day Zou County, Shandong). During the Warring States period, the State of Zhu was destroyed by the State of Chu; some descendants took the state name as their surname (Zhu), while others reverted to their ancestral surname (Cao). Additionally, Shu Zhenduo, the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou (Ji Fa), was enfeoffed in the land of Cao in the early Western Zhou, establishing the State of Cao with its capital at Taoqiu (present-day Dingtao, Shandong). After the state was conquered by the State of Song, the descendants adopted the state's name as their surname.

• Ancestral Founder: Cao An

• Ancestral Homeland: Zou County and Dingtao, Shandong

• Prefectural Seats (Junwang) and Hall Names: Qiaojun, Pengcheng; Qingjing Hall

• Current Ranking / Population: 30th / Approx. 7.91 million

• Song Dynasty "Hundred Family Surnames" Rank: 26th

• Extant Genealogical Records: 295 volumes