Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

1016 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: maneuver, manipulate, operate, steer, chastity, virginity, fidelity

Kunyomi: みさお あやつ.る

Onyomi: ソウ サン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: てへん

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(たいそう)   gymnastics, physical exercises

(せっそう)   integrity, honor, chastity

業する(そうぎょうする)   operate, run

作する(そうさする)   operate, manage

縦する(そうじゅうする)   operate, control, pilot

(みさお)   chastity

る(あやつる)   manipulate, operate

り人形(あやつりにんぎょう)   puppet, marionette

Onyomi Examples

ミサオ fidelity, honour, honor, constancy, chastity (of a woman), faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)

ソウギョウ operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.), work

柔軟体 ジュウナンタイソウ calisthenics

器械体 キカイタイソウ apparatus gymnastics, artistic gymnastics

Kunyomi Examples

みさお fidelity, honour, honor, constancy, chastity (of a woman), faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)

を守る みさおをまもる to adhere to one's principles, to preserve one's chastity

あやつる to operate (e.g. a machine), to handle, to manage, to control, to maneuver, to steer, to have a good command of (a language), to play proficiently (of a musical instrument), to work (a puppet), to pull the strings of a puppet, to manipulate (a person, public opinion, etc.), to pull the strings, to control from the shadows, to mastermind