操作
そうさ · sousa · JLPT N3 · noun
operation
🕹️ 操作 = 操 handle + 作 work: handling a thing to make it work
操 means to grasp or steer (as in 操縦 そうじゅう, piloting) and 作 means to make or work. Together they mean working something by hand: operating a machine, using a phone screen or managing an account. Hook for the sound: sousa, so, sir, how do I operate this?
作 — person radical 亻 + 乍
作 combines the person radical 亻 with 乍, which originally depicted a sudden action or making something. The character means 'to do, make, or create,' with 亻 indicating human activity and 乍 supplying the sound. Over time it broadened to cover works, deeds, and acting as something.