扱
handle, entertain, thresh, strip
Readings
On'yomi
- ソウ
- キュウ
Kun'yomi
- あつか.い
- あつか.う
- あつか.る
- こ.く
Meaning
扱 centers on using the hands to manage or process something: handling, dealing with, or entertaining people, and also threshing or stripping grain.
Most common words using 扱
20 of 48- 扱うあつかうN3
to deal with (a person); to treat; to handle; to take care of; to entertain
- 扱いあつかいN2
treatment; service; dealing (with); handling; management
- 取り扱いとりあつかいN1
treatment; service; handling; management
- 取り扱うとりあつかうN1
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to use
- 扱きしごき
hazing; gruelling training
- 取扱注意とりあつかいちゅうい
handling warning
- 扱い方あつかいかた
how to manage (e.g. case); how to handle (e.g. machine); way with (e.g. children, animal)
- 事務取扱じむとりあつかい
acting director
- 子供扱いこどもあつかいN2
treating someone like a child
- もて扱うもてあつかう
to take care of
- 上手に扱うじょうずにあつかう
to handle skillfully
- 他人扱いたにんあつかい
treating like a stranger
- 優先扱いゆうせんあつかい
priority treatment; preferential treatment
- 取り扱い方とりあつかいかた
way of handling
- 取り扱い表示とりあつかいひょうじ
care instructions
- 取扱い商品とりあつかいしょうひん
available products (in a particular store); products on offer
- 取扱人とりあつかいにん
agent; person in charge
- 取扱店とりあつかいてん
store dealing in a particular item; distributor
- 取扱店舗とりあつかいてんぽ
store dealing in a particular item; distributor
- 取扱所とりあつかいじょ
service point; agency; office
Study
Etymology
扱 combines the hand radical 扌 with 及, which likely contributes both sound and the idea of reaching or extending, suggesting handling or managing with the hands.
Meaning mnemonic
The hand radical 扌 beside 及 (reach) shows a hand reaching out to handle, entertain, or thresh grain.
Reading mnemonic
For ソウ, imagine a hand handling a saw (ソウ) to strip bark from a log: saw -> ソウ, and the hand works skillfully.