Godan verb, transitive verb

  1. to deal with (a person), to treat, to handle, to take care of, to entertain.
  2. to deal with (a problem), to handle, to manage.
  3. to operate (e.g. a machine), to handle, to work.
  4. to deal in, to sell.
  5. to cover (a topic), to treat, to discuss, to take up.
  6. to treat A as B. As AをBとして扱う.
  7. to mediate (an argument). Archaism.
  8. to be too much for one, to find unmanageable. Archaism.
  9. to gossip. Archaism.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
扱う あつかう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

handle, entertain, thresh
あつか.い こ.く ソウ (7th, N1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
reach out, exert, exercise
およ.ぶ キュウ おい (7th, 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)