Onyomi: ショ · Kunyomi: -こ, お.る, ところ · Meanings: act, behave, condemn, deal with, dispose, manage, place, sentence
Kanji for act, behave, condemn, deal with, dispose
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処 is built from 夂, which suggests slow movement or going step by step, and 処’s other element that relates to a place. The image is of someone stopping, moving carefully, and staying in a certain spot. From the idea of pausing and settling somewhere, the meaning developed into a place, situation, or the act of dealing with something. Over time, 処 came to mean to handle, to deal with, or a specific place.
処 shows slow movement that leads to stopping in a place and dealing with a situation.
Picture yourself moving slowly, stopping at a spot, and handling what needs to be done there. That act of dealing with a place or situation is 処.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 所 | ところ | place, spot, scene, site | common JLPT-N5 Noun, Adverb (fukushi), Suffix |
| 処 | どころ | restaurant, specialist | Noun, used as a suffix |
| 処罰 | しょばつ | punishment, penalty | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 処理 | しょり | processing, dealing with, treatment, disposition, disposal | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 所々 | ところどころ | here and there, in places | common JLPT-N2 JLPT-N1 Adverb (fukushi), Noun |
| 処分 | しょぶん | disposal, throwing away, selling off | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 処置 | しょち | measure, step, dealing with | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 処方箋 | しょほうせん | prescription | common Noun |
| 処刑 | しょけい | execution | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 処方 | しょほう | prescription (of medicine), formula | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |