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Kotomora

扱

handle, entertain, thresh, strip

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes6

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

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  • 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

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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.