処

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

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

Etymology 2

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

Alternative spelling
處 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ko̞]

Suffix

処(こ) • (-ko)

(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)

(not productive) place

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

処 (eum 처 (cheo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

処: Hán Nôm readings: xứ, xử

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