Kanji1 / 16
操 kanji
maneuver, manipulate, operate, steer, chastity, virginity, fidelity
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ソウサン
Kun readings
みさおあやつる
Variant forms
撡Words with 操
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3操作Popularoperation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
- N2体操Populargymnastics; physical exercises; artistic gymnastics; gymnastics competition; physical education (class); PE
- N1操縦Popularsteering; piloting; flying; control; operation; handling; management (of people); handling; manipulation; maneuvering
- —節操Popularintegrity; fidelity; constancy; principle; faithfulness; honor; honour
- —操業Popularoperation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.); work
- —操行conduct; deportment
- —操車operation (of trains)
- —操守constancy; fidelity
- —操船steering a ship; controlling; maneuvering; piloting
- —操舵steering (of a boat); steerage
- —操短curtailed operations
- —貞操chastity; virtue; fidelity
- —情操sensibility (artistic, moral); (good) taste; sentiment
- —志操principle
- —操典drill manual
- —徳操strong, immovable sense of morality; high moral character; chastity; virtue
- —操法manipulation techniques (e.g. puppets); handling techniques
- —操練drill (esp. military); training
- —操艦steering a warship
- —操演puppeteering; practical effects