Meanings
- handle
- entertain
- thresh
- strip
扱 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning handle, entertain, thresh, written with 6 strokes. It is read ソウ, キュウ (on) and あつかい, あつかう, あつかる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 扱い (あつかい, treatment) and 取り扱い (とりあつかい, treatment).
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.
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treatment; service; dealing (with); handling
to deal with (a person); to treat; to handle
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