| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 操 | みさお | chastity, fidelity, honour, honor, faith |
| 操作 | そうさ | operation, management, processing; manipulating to one's benefit; to operate; to manipulate, to fiddle (e.g. the books) |
| 操縦 | そうじゅう | flying (a plane); management, handling, control, manipulation |
| 操業 | そうぎょう | operation |
| 体操 | たいそう | gymnastics, physical exercises, calisthenics |
| 操り | あやつり | manipulation, puppet |
| 操る | あやつる | to manipulate, to operate, to pull strings |
| 節操 | せっそう | constancy, integrity, honor, honour; chastity, fidelity |
| 情操 | じょうそう | sentiment |
| 操り人形 | あやつりにんぎょう | puppet, marionette |
