# 扱 treatment

(handleft) + 及 (reach / amount to)
★★★★☆
6 strokes
SOLO

## Onyomi

## Mnemonic

| You reach your hand out to someone: whether you shake their hand or punch them is your treatment of them.

## Kunyomi

あつか*い | Treatment - usually applied to people, but originally used for objects, so it 's a little rude. Usually used like あつかいがいい or あつかいがわるい. Can mean 'treatment of others' but, confusingly, can ALSO mean 'easy or hard for ME to DEAL WITH HIM/HER.' For example, 彼は扱いが難しい does NOT mean 'He treats me difficultly', it means 'He's difficult to deal with.' (noun) ★★★★☆
あつか＊う | treatment(verb) ★★★★☆

## Jukugo

取り扱い(とりあつかい) | management ★☆☆☆☆ 取 (take) + 扱 (treatment) = 取り扱い (management) Treatment - but unlike 扱う, 取り扱う is ONLY used for objects or cases. i.e. The police are handling the racial hate-crime very carefully.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
扱 | treatment | REACH (grasping hand) |
抜 | extract | FRIEND | 友

You REACH out for treatment with your grasping hand,

but only your FRIEND will extract your tumors.

## Synonyms

treatment 扱う 取り扱う 仕打ち