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Kanji Detail for 扱 - "to handle"

  • Meaning

    扱 means "to handle." Also associated with to gather, to insert.

    1. To insert - To place between; to fit in.

    2. To gather - To collect into one.

    3. To reach - To arrive at; to extend to.

    4. To handle - To operate machinery.

    5. To process - To deal with matters.

    6. To thresh - To beat grain.

  • Words using

    • 扱い あつかい Listen treatment; service; dealing (with)
    • 取り扱い とりあつかい Listen treatment; service; handling
    • 扱う あつかう Listen to deal with (a person); to treat; to handle
    • 取り扱う とりあつかう Listen to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to use
    • 取扱注意 とりあつかいちゅうい Listen handling warning
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    • Verified meaning: to handle
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あつか)
    • Also carries these associations: to gather, to insert

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of

    Given names (あつか)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    handle; entertain; thresh; strip

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    collect, draw in, gather; receive

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to collect; to receive

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Bowing with hands touching ground. | To lift. To raise. (Tongsu Bian) Colloquially, carrying things elsewhere with hands is 扱. There's a saying about "eight carriers, eight lifters." | To gather up.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • I treated her as my own daughter.

  • They did me a great wrong.

  • He doesn't know how to handle children.

  • This is the way he treated me.

  • He treats me as a child.

  • How shall we deal with this problem?

  • We cannot deal with such a difficult problem.

  • How shall we deal with this matter?

  • Handle it with great care.

  • She knows well how to deal with children.

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