扱 – handle, entertain, thresh

6 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1057 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 扱 means handle, entertain, thresh, strip. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソウ、キュウ (sou, kyuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あつか.い、あつか.う、あつか.る、こ.く (atsukai, atsukau, atsukaru, koku). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソウ	sou
On’yomi	キュウ	kyuu
Kun’yomi	あつか.い	atsukai
Kun’yomi	あつか.う	atsukau
Kun’yomi	あつか.る	atsukaru
Kun’yomi	こ.く	koku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 扎・及.

Words using 扱

扱うあつかうto deal with (a person)取扱とりあつかいtreatment扱いあつかいtreatment取り扱うとりあつかうto handle

Example sentences

心理学は人間の感情を扱う。

Psychology deals with human emotions.

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この問題は私が扱います。

I will deal with this problem.

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彼女はこの機械を扱うのに慣れている。

She is used to handling this machine.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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