処

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

5 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 547.

Readings

• ショ (on reading): 処理 (しょり) processing; 処分 (しょぶん) disposal
• ところ (kun reading): 処 (どころ) restaurant; 食事処 (しょくじどころ) restaurant (esp. in a hotel or inn)
• こ (kun reading)
• おる (kun reading)
• Read as a whole word: 住処 (すみか) dwelling; 其処許 (そこもと) that place; 此処許 (ここもと) here

Components

• 夂
• 几
• 几 radical table
• 夂 radical go; winter top
• 攵 radical strike, right-side form of 攴

Kanji containing 処

• 拠 foothold
• 處 place

Words using 処

• 処理 (しょり) processing
• 処分 (しょぶん) disposal
• 対処 (たいしょ) dealing with
• 処刑 (しょけい) execution
• 処置 (しょち) measure
• 処 (どころ) restaurant
• 食事処 (しょくじどころ) restaurant (esp. in a hotel or inn)
• 甘味処 (かんみどころ) cafe featuring Japanese-style sweets
• 酒処 (さけどころ) drinking place
• 候処 (そうろうところ) just
• 住処 (すみか) dwelling
• 其処許 (そこもと) that place
• 此処許 (ここもと) here
• 目処 (めど) aim
• 目処が立つ (めどがたつ) the prospects look brighter
• 目処がつく (めどがつく) to be in sight (e.g. a resolution)
• 居処 (いど) one's seat
• 地獄も住み処 (じごくもすみか) even hell can be home

333 words in all.

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