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KanjiJLPT N1 › 扱

扱 — Handle

JLPT N16 strokesSecondary school#1057 most used
handle, entertain, thresh, strip
On’yomiソウ (sou)
On’yomiキュウ (kyuu)
Kun’yomiあつか (atsukai)
Kun’yomiあつか (atsukau)
Kun’yomiあつか (atsukaru)
Kun’yomi (koku)

Stroke order (6 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 扱

WordReadingMeaning
扱いあつかい
atsukai
treatment; service; dealing (with)
取り扱いとりあつかい
toriatsukai
treatment; service; handling
扱うあつかう
atsukau
to deal with (a person); to treat; to handle
取り扱うとりあつかう
toriatsukau
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to use
取扱注意とりあつかいちゅうい
toriatsukaichuui
handling warning
扱い方あつかいかた
atsukaikata
how to manage (e.g. case); how to handle (e.g. machine); way with (e.g. children, animal)

Study notes

扱 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 6 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1057 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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