処

See also: 處

処 U+51E6, 処 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51E6 ← 凥 [U+51E5] CJK Unified Ideographs 凧 → [U+51E7]

Translingual

Traditional	處
Shinjitai	処
Simplified	处

Stroke order

Japan

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 拠, 𦍶, 處, 𠙚, 𧊃, 𠝪, 𭆔

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

Chinese

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”).

Definitions

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 the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified and variant form of 處).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03607-003

Japanese

Shinjitai	処
Kyūjitai	處

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 処

処

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 處)

Readings

• Go-on: しょ (sho, Jōyō)^{←しよ (syo, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょ (sho, Jōyō)^{←しよ (syo, historical)}
• 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

• 彼(あし)処(こ) (ashiko), 彼(あそ)処(こ) (asoko), 彼(あ)処(こ) (ako), 彼(あす)処(こ) (asuko), 彼(か)処(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(ど)処(こ) (doko)
• 区(く)処(しょ) (kusho)
• 此(こ)処(こ) (koko)
• 酒(さけ)処(どころ) (sakedokoro)
• 死(し)処(しょ) (shisho)
• 住(すみ)処(か) (sumika)
• 随(ずい)処(しょ) (zuisho)
• 善(ぜん)処(しょ) (zensho)
• 其(そ)処(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(どう)処(しょ) (dōsho)
• 目(め)処(ど) (medo)
• 出(しゅっ)処(しょ) (shussho)
• 処(しょ)遇(ぐう) (shogū)
• 処(しょ)刑(けい) (shokei)
• 処(しょ)決(けつ) (shoketsu)
• 処(しょ)女(じょ) (shojo)
• 処(しょ)世(せい) (shosei)
• 処(しょ)生(せい)訓(くん) (shoseikun)
• 処(しょ)断(だん) (shodan)
• 処(しょ)置(ち) (shochi)
• 処(しょ)罰(ばつ) (shobatsu)
• 処(しょ)分(ぶん) (shobun)
• 処(しょ)方(ほう) (shohō)
• 処(しょ)理(り) (shori)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
処
ところ Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
處 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 処 – see the following entry.

【所ところ】3 [noun] a place, a scene, a site; an address [noun] a figurative place that facilitates or promotes something; a point in time or state of affairs [noun] a state of being [noun] (after a plain verb) about to [noun] (after a verb in the past tense) just [noun] (after a verb in the progressive ている) indicates the current state, or how you have progressed so far in a chain of actions [noun] (after a verb in the past tense) at that point in time, upon [noun] (literary, calque of Literary Chinese 所 (suǒ)) Attaches to verbs to form noun phrases, meaning the object of that verb. 【所とこ】3 [noun] (informal, spoken) alternative form of 所 (tokoro) 【所と】3 [affix] place

(This term, 処, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Related terms

• 至(いた)る処(ところ) (itarutokoro)
• 御(お)食(しょく)事(じ)処(どころ) (o-shokujidokoro)
• 止(と)め処(ど) (tomedo)
• 捕(と)らえ処(どころ) (toraedokoro)
• 泣(な)き処(どころ) (nakidokoro)
• 使(つか)い処(どころ) (tsukaidokoro)
• 火傷(やけど) (yakedo)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
処
こ Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
處 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞]

Suffix

処(こ) • (-ko) 

1. (not productive) place

Derived terms

• 彼(あし)処(こ) (ashiko), 彼(あそ)処(こ) (asoko), 彼(あ)処(こ) (ako), 彼(あす)処(こ) (asuko), 彼(か)処(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(ど)処(こ) (doko)
• 此処(ここ) (koko)
• 其処(そこ) (soko)
• 都(みやこ) (miyako)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
処
か Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
處 (kyūjitai)

Likely related to 処(こ) (-ko, “place”) above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠]

Suffix

処(か) • (-ka) 

1. (not productive) place

Derived terms

• 住処(すみか) (sumika)
• 在(あ)り処(か) (arika)
• 奥処(おくか) (okuka)
• 壁(かべ) (kabe)
• 岡(おか) (oka)
• 中(なか) (naka)
• 陸(くが) (kuga)

Korean

Hanja

処 (eum 처 (cheo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

処: Hán Nôm readings: xứ, xử

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