音読み: ソウ
訓読み: あやつる・みさお
画数: 16
部首: てへん（扌）
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.