Question

操 みさお、あやつ.る maneuver, manipulate, operate, steer, chastity, virginity, fidelity 2 1016 16 64 て・てへん 形声 Phonetic Tip: goods + wood/tree : This combination of primitives appears four times in Heisig, so it´s worthwhile giving it a name. I suggest "furniture" (a common type of wooden goods). REF: parch (#215) , maneuver (FRAME 671), winding (#1369), seaweed (#2035). Story: Using just a finger you are trying to maneuver your furniture round your room.

Accepted Answer

ソウ、サン さお, みさ 操作(そうさ): (1) operation; management; processing (2) manipulating to one's benefit (3) to operate (4) to manipulate; to fiddle (e.g. the books)操縦(そうじゅう): (1) flying (a plane) (2) management; handling; control; manipulation体操(たいそう): gymnastics; physical exercises; calisthenics操る(あやつる): (1) to manipulate; to operate; to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to steer (a ship) (2) to have a good command of (a language); to be fluent in (3) to operate a puppet; to pull the strings of a puppet (4) to mastermind; to pull the strings; to control from the shadows (5) to play (a musical instrument) 6 手: hand品: goods; refinement; dignity; article; counter for meal courses木: tree; wood 手 4 (none) maneuver Luke skywalker points his fingers and uses the force to maneuver the goods through the tree branches and up over the tree.

Kanji	操
Onyomi	ソウ、サン
Kunyomi	みさお、あやつ.る
Nanori	さお, みさ
English	maneuver, manipulate, operate, steer, chastity, virginity, fidelity
Examples	操作(そうさ): (1) operation; management; processing (2) manipulating to one's benefit (3) to operate (4) to manipulate; to fiddle (e.g. the books) 操縦(そうじゅう): (1) flying (a plane) (2) management; handling; control; manipulation 体操(たいそう): gymnastics; physical exercises; calisthenics 操る(あやつる): (1) to manipulate; to operate; to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to steer (a ship) (2) to have a good command of (a language); to be fluent in (3) to operate a puppet; to pull the strings of a puppet (4) to mastermind; to pull the strings; to control from the shadows (5) to play (a musical instrument)
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	6
Frequency	1016
Components	手: hand 品: goods; refinement; dignity; article; counter for meal courses 木: tree; wood
Number of Strokes	16
Kanji Radical	手
Radical Number	64
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	て・てへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	maneuver
Koohii Story 1	Tip: goods + wood/tree : This combination of primitives appears four times in Heisig, so it´s worthwhile giving it a name. I suggest "furniture" (a common type of wooden goods). REF: parch (#215) , maneuver (FRAME 671), winding (#1369), seaweed (#2035). Story: Using just a finger you are trying to maneuver your furniture round your room.
Koohii Story 2	Luke skywalker points his fingers and uses the force to maneuver the goods through the tree branches and up over the tree.

Maneuver Operate Management Manipulate E.G Pull Goods 操