操
operate; maneuver; manipulate; steer; chastity; virginity; fidelity
16 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 1016.
Readings
- ソウ (on reading): 操作 (そうさ) operation; 操縦 (そうじゅう) steering
- あやつる (kun reading): 操る (あやつる) to operate (e.g. a machine); 操り人形 (あやつりにんぎょう) puppet
- みさお (kun reading): 操 (みさお) fidelity; 操を守る (みさおをまもる) to adhere to one's principles
- サン (on reading)
Components
- 扌
- 喿
- 口 radical mouth
- ⺘ radical hand, left-side form of 手
- 木 radical tree
- 品 radical goods; three mouths
Words using 操
- 操作 (そうさ) operation
- 操縦 (そうじゅう) steering
- 体操 (たいそう) gymnastics
- 操業 (そうぎょう) operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.)
- 操作性 (そうさせい) operability
- 操る (あやつる) to operate (e.g. a machine)
- 操り人形 (あやつりにんぎょう) puppet
- 操り (あやつり) manipulation
- 糸操り (いとあやつり) marionette manipulation
- 操り浄瑠璃 (あやつりじょうるり) Japanese puppet theatre
- 操 (みさお) fidelity
- 操を守る (みさおをまもる) to adhere to one's principles
- 操を立てる (みさおをたてる) to adhere firmly to one's principles
147 words in all.