treatment

(handleft) + (reach / amount to)
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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)
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あつか*う treatment(verb)
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Jukugo

取り扱い(とりあつかい)

management ★☆☆☆☆
(take) + (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
treatment REACH (grasping hand)
extract FRIEND

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