音読み: none*
訓読み: あつかう
画数: 6
部首: てへん（扌）
Meaning
Handle / Deal With / Treat / Manage
- Basic forms
- 扱う — handle; deal with; treat / base form
- 扱います — handles; deals with / masu form
- 扱った — handled; dealt with / ta form
- 扱って — handling … / te form
- 扱わない — do not handle / negative
- 扱えば — if (one) handles / conditional
- Common expressions
- 機械を扱う — handle machinery
- 問題を扱う — deal with a problem
- 丁寧に扱う — treat carefully
- More
- 扱われる — be handled; be treated / passive
- 扱っている — is handling; is dealing with / state
扱う（あつかう） is a godan transitive verb. It refers to handling objects, managing matters, or treating people or topics in a certain way.
- 扱う — to handle; to deal with; to manage
- 取り扱う — to handle; to deal in
- 取扱い — handling; treatment
- 扱い — treatment; handling
- 取扱説明書 — instruction manual
- 取扱店 — authorized dealer; retailer
扱 is phono-semantic: the radical 扌 marks “hand; action,” while 及 provides the sound and the idea of “reach/extend a hand.” Together they point to taking something in hand and managing it. Nuance: 扱う is general “handle/deal with,” while 操作 (operate) or 操る (to control, often skillfully) imply more technical control.