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操 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
ソウそう · sō
Kun
あやつ(る)・みさおayatsu(ru) · misao
Meaning
to operate; manipulate; integrity

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

扌 "hand" plus 喦; moving a thing just as one wishes by hand — hence "to operate, manipulate."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onソウそうsō操縦そうじゅう操作そうさ節操せっそう
Kunみさおmisao操みさお
Kunあやつるayatsuru操るあやつる操り人形あやつりにんぎょう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 操作そうさ

    operation (of a machine)

  • 体操たいそう

    gymnastics; exercises

More words with this kanji

  • 操舵そうだ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

朝(あさ)の体操(たいそう)で体(からだ)を動(うご)かす。

I move my body with morning exercises.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

体操操作操体body作to mak…批to cri…拡to exp…拝to wor…担to sho…探to sea…宗religi…奏to pla…窓window創to cre…装to dre…
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Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading ソウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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