noun

  1. treatment, service, dealing (with), handling, management.
  2. handling (of a machine, tool, etc.), operation, use.

noun used as a suffix

  1. treating as, treating like.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
扱い あつかい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

handle, entertain, thresh
あつか.い こ.く ソウ (Early Jr. High, N1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
reach out, exert, exercise
およ.ぶ キュウ おい (Early Jr. High, N1)
from, possessive particle, whereupon
ノ の すなわ.ち (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)