Kanji N1

扱: handle, entertain, thresh

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).

扱

Meanings

  • handle
  • entertain
  • thresh
  • strip
Strokes6
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1057 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ソウ
  • キュウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • あつかい
  • あつかう
  • あつかる
  • こく

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 扱

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 扱いあつかい

    treatment; service; dealing (with); handling

    JLPT N1
  • 取り扱いとりあつかい

    treatment; service; handling; management

    JLPT N1
  • 扱うあつかう

    to deal with (a person); to treat; to handle

    JLPT N3
  • 取り扱うとりあつかう

    to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to use

    JLPT N1
  • 取扱注意とりあつかいちゅうい

    handling warning

  • 扱い方あつかいかた

    how to manage (e.g. case)

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.