操
commonmaneuver; manipulate; operate; steer; chastity; virginity; fidelity
Radical: 扌 (hand). Strokes: 16画. Elements: 口木扌品. Variants: 撡. . Hangul: 조 [jo]. Nanori: さお / みさsao / misa.
Jōyō Kanji 6th Grade. JLPT N1.
Example compounds:
| ソウSŌ | 器械体操【きかいたいそうkikaitaisō】apparatus gymnastics; artistic gymnastics 無線操縦【むせんそうじゅうmusensōjū】radio-controlled (plane) 操車【そうしゃsōsha】operation (of trains) |
| みさおmisao | 操【みさおmisao】chastity; fidelity; honour; honor; faith 操を守る【みさおをまもるmisaowomamoru】to adhere to one's principles; to preserve one's chastity |
| あやつるayatsuru | 操る【あやつるayatsuru】to manipulate; to have a good command of (a language); to operate a puppet; to mastermind; to play (a musical instrument) 巧みに操る【たくみにあやつるtakuminiayatsuru】to maneuver; to manoeuvre; to manipulate |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 64cd | – | Unicode |
| 33-64 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 1-3-13 | – | SKIP |
| 3c13.3 | – | TKD |
| 5609.4 | – | Four Corner |
| 1364 | – | De Roo |
| 2015 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 2296 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 769 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 531 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 671 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 985 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 2448 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 1367 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 12806 | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 5 p. 412 |
| 922 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 1655 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 582 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 935 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 995 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 1485 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 928 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 678 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |