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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. 724

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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.
RTK Index (new)	724

Maneuver Operate Management Manipulate E.G Pull Goods 操