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JLPT N1 SL6 16 strokes Frequency: #1016

Meanings

Maneuver, Manipulate, Operate, Steer, Chastity, Virginity, Fidelity

Radicals

扌

Decomposition

⿰扌喿

Etymology

Pictophonetic: hand

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 16

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top

2 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

3 rising bottom-to-top

4 vertical right-to-left

5 corner right-to-left

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

8 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

10 vertical right-to-left

11 corner right-to-left

12 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

13 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

14 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

15 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

16 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

サン san

ソウ sou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

みさお misao

あやつ ayatsu

Words Using This Kanji

134 words total

Other (20 words)

rhythmic gymnastics

integrity

manipulation

operation

操縦席音声記録装置そうじゅうせきおんせいきろくそうち

(cockpit) voice recorder

操業短縮そうぎょうたんしゅく

curtailment of operations

操縦そうじゅう

steering

操るあやつる

to operate (e.g. a machine)

操車そうしゃ

operation (of trains)

steering a ship

fidelity

conduct

(pilot or driver's) seat

操業そうぎょう

operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.)

constancy

curtailed operations

gymnastics

gymnasium

chastity

working in shifts

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