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Kanji Detail for 処 - "place, to deal with"

処

  • Meaning

    処 means "place, to deal with." Also associated with to reside.

    1. Place - A location; a spot.

    2. Deal with - To handle; to manage.

    3. Reside - To stay; to dwell.

    4. Unmarried - Single; not yet wed.

  • Words using 処

    • 処分 しょぶん Listen disposal; throwing away; selling off
    • 処理 しょり Listen processing; dealing with; treatment
    • 処置 しょち Listen measure; step; dealing with
    • 対処 たいしょ Listen dealing with; coping with
    • 処遇 しょぐう Listen treatment (of a person); dealing with
    • 行政処分 ぎょうせいしょぶん Listen administrative measures (disposition)
    • 処罰 しょばつ Listen punishment; penalty
    • 処刑 しょけい Listen execution

  • Four-character idioms with 処

    • 出処進退 しゅっしょしんたい Listen staying in one's position or resigning; course of action; move
    • 善後処置 ぜんごしょち Listen remedial measure; settlement (of matters); dealing with the aftermath

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    • Verified meaning: place, to deal with
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ところ)
    • Also carries these associations: to reside

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 処

    Surnames 処(ところ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    dispose; manage; deal with; sentence; condemn; act; behave; place

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    place, locale; department

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 處|处[chu3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    place, locale; department

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sho(ショ) ショ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ko(こ) こ

    o.ru(お-る) お-る

    tokoro(ところ) ところ

  • Strokes

    tip

    5 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    几 (tsukue・kinyo・kazekammuri・kazegamae)

  • Related Keywords

    place deal with reside connective unmarried location spot area district dwell handle manage position region site venue govern administer

Sentences including 処

  • Please tell me where the police station is.

  • He disposed of his old house.

  • I'll have to go and see what i can do.

  • There's no one here who can deal with the problem.

  • You may sit wherever you like.

  • Tell me what to do with it.

  • Get me out of here.

  • You can go anywhere you want.

  • Since this is important , i'd like you to attend to it yourself.

  • I don't know where we'll arrive.

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