音読み: ソウ
訓読み: あやつる・みさお
画数: 16
部首: 扌（てへん）
Meaning
Operate / Maneuver / Control
- Basic forms
- 操る — to manipulate; to control; to handle / base form
- 操ります — manipulate; control / masu form
- 操った — manipulated; controlled / ta form
- 操って — manipulate and … / te form
- 操らない — do not manipulate / negative
- 操れば — if (one) manipulates / conditional
- 操れ — handle!; control! / imperative
- Common expressions
- 機械を操る — operate a machine
- 人を操る — manipulate people
- 言葉を操る — handle language skillfully
- More
- 操られる — be manipulated; be controlled / passive
- 操っている — is manipulating; is operating / state
操る（あやつる） is a godan transitive verb. It can describe physical control, such as operating tools or machines, as well as figurative control, such as influencing people or situations.
- 操縦 — piloting; control
- 操作 — operation; manipulation
- 体操 — gymnastics; physical exercise
- 操行 — conduct; behavior
- 操を守る — to remain chaste; preserve virtue
- 操る — to operate; to control
操 combines the hand radical (扌) with 喿, suggesting handling many things with skill. The reading みさお conveys “integrity” or “virtue” in traditional expressions.
彼は 機械を 自由に 操ることができる。
He can operate the machine freely.
彼女は 操を 守って 生きた。
She lived with integrity (preserved her virtue).
操縦 — piloting; control