処

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See also: 處
処 U+51E6, 処
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51E6
← 凥
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 凧 →

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

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:

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

処

Kyūjitai

處

Kanji

処

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

Readings

Compounds

Compounds

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
a place, a scene, a site; an address
This term needs a translation to English.
a state of being
(after a plain verb) about to
(after a verb in the past tense) just
(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
(after a verb in the past tense) at that point in time, upon
(literary, calque of Literary Chinese 所 (suǒ)) Attaches to verbs to form noun phrases, meaning the object of that verb.
【所とこ】3
(informal, spoken) Alternative form of 所 (tokoro)
【所と】3
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

Suffix

処(こ) • (-ko) 

  1. (not productive) place
Derived terms
Derived terms

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

Suffix

処(か) • (-ka) 

  1. (not productive) place
Derived terms
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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