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処

dispose
Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingショ
Kun readingところ、-こ、お.る
JōyōGrade 6
  1. treatment (of a person)
  2. dealing with

Popular Usage

処理彼処

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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walking legs (儿) · wind (風)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 318

Compound words

処理しょり
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
処理するしょりする
to process
対処するたいしょする
to deal
処遇しょぐう
treatment (of a person); dealing with
処刑しょけい
execution
処女しょじょ
virgin (usu. female); maiden; virgin (e.g. forest); unspoiled by human activity; debut
処置しょち
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
処罰しょばつ
punishment; penalty
処分しょぶん
disposal; throwing away; selling off; dealing with (a problem); measure
処方しょほう
prescription (of medicine); formula
対処たいしょ
dealing with; coping with
目処めど
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
何処どこ
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
仮処分かりしょぶん
provisional disposition; temporary injunction
処方箋しょほうせん
prescription
情報処理じょうほうしょり
data processing; information processing
行政処分ぎょうせいしょぶん
administrative measures (disposition)
何処にもどこにも
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
何処までもどこまでも
anywhere; for all time; to the ends of the earth; through thick and thin; come hell or high water
随処ずいしょ
everywhere
棲処すみか
dwelling
其処そこ
there (place relatively near listener)
至る処いたるところ
everywhere
棲み処すみか
dwelling

Additional Examples

彼は土地を処分したがっている。
He wants to dispose of his land.tatoeba
彼は多くの問題を処理できる人ではない。
He is not a man to deal with a lot of problems.tatoeba

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 処

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