操 — maneuver, manipulate, operate

あやつる操 maneuver

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 16 strokes

U+64CD Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1016 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #724 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

maneuver
manipulate
operate
steer
chastity
virginity
fidelity

word

あやつ ayatsu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

操(あやつ) る ayatsuru to manipulate

そう sou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

操(そう) 作(さ) sousa operation 体(たい) 操(そう) taisou gymnastics 操(そう) 縦(じゅう) soujuu piloting 操(そう) 業(ぎょう) sougyou operation (of factory)

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

扌 hand (left form)

喿 chirp

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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