処

See also: 處

Translingual

Traditional	處
Shinjitai	処
Simplified	处

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 処
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Small seal script s10638
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 夂 + 几 (“table”).

Han character

処 (Kangxi radical 16, 几+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 竹水竹弓 (HEHN), composition ⿺夂几)

Derived characters

• 拠 處

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 134, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1745
• Dae Jaweon: page 299, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 276, character 13
• Unihan data for U+51E6

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 処 – see 處 (“to reside; to live; to dwell; to be situated in; to be in; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 處).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	処
Kyūjitai	處

Kanji

処

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 處)

Readings

• Go-on: しょ (sho, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しょ (sho, Jōyō)
• Kun: おる (oru, 処る); おく (oku, 処く); か (ka, 処); く (ku, 処); こ (ko, 処); と (to, 処); とこ (toko, 処); ところ (tokoro, 処)

Compounds

Compounds

• 彼(あし)処(こ) (ashiko), 彼(あそ)処(こ) (asoko), 彼処(あこ) (ako), 彼(あす)処(こ) (asuko), 彼処(かこ) (kako), 彼(かし)処(こ) (kashiko)
• 何(いず)処(く) (izuku), 何(いず)処(こ) (izuko), 何(いど)処(こ) (idoko), 何処(どこ) (doko)
• 区処(くしょ) (kusho)
• 此処(ここ) (koko)
• 酒(さけ)処(どころ) (sakedokoro)
• 死処(ししょ) (shisho)
• 住(すみ)処(か) (sumika)
• 随(ずい)処(しょ) (zuisho)
• 善処(ぜんしょ) (zensho)
• 其処(そこ) (soko)
• 対(たい)処(しょ) (taisho)
• 処(ところ)々(どころ) (tokorodokoro), 処(ところ)処(どころ) (tokorodokoro)
• 同処(どうしょ) (dōsho)
• 目処(めど) (medo)
• 出処(しゅっしょ) (shussho)
• 処遇(しょぐう) (shogū)
• 処刑(しょけい) (shokei)
• 処(しょ)決(けつ) (shoketsu)
• 処女(しょじょ) (shojo)
• 処世(しょせい) (shosei)
• 処生訓(しょせいくん) (shoseikun)
• 処断(しょだん) (shodan)
• 処置(しょち) (shochi)
• 処(しょ)罰(ばつ) (shobatsu)
• 処分(しょぶん) (shobun)
• 処方(しょほう) (shohō)
• 処理(しょり) (shori)

Noun

1. place, spot
2. point in time

Suffix

1. place

Related terms

• 至(いた)る処(ところ) (itarutokoro)
• 住処(すみか) (sumika)
• 御食事処(おしょくじどころ) (oshokujidokoro)
• 止(と)め処(ど) (tomedo)
• 捕(と)らえ処(どころ) (toraedokoro)
• 泣(な)き処(どころ) (nakidokoro)
• 在(あ)り処(か) (arika)
• 使(つか)い処(どころ) (tsukaidokoro)

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Korean

Hanja

処 (eum 처 (cheo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

処: Hán Nôm readings: xứ, xử

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