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置

Put
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingチ
Kun readingお.く
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 4Level 22

Verbs with «置»

置く設置する配置する位置する放置する位置づける置き換える安置する

Meanings

  1. put
    彼は彼女の肩にそっと手を置いた。He put a hand gently on her shoulder.tatoeba
  2. placementRtK
  3. set
  4. deposit
  5. leave behind
  6. keep
  7. employ
  8. pawn
  1. to put
  2. to place
  3. to leave (behind)
  4. to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.)
  5. to set up

Popular Usage

置く位置装置

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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eye (目) · cross-eyed · net (网) · straightaway · ten (十) · needle (丨) · eye (目) · fishhook

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 895

Compound words

置くおく
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up
装置そうち
equipment; device; installation; apparatus; stage setting
位置いち
place; position; location; position; standing
設置するせっちする
to establish
配置するはいちする
to arrangement
位置するいちする
to be located
放置するほうちする
to leav
位置づけるいちづける
to place (in relation to the whole)
拘置こうち
detention; confinement; arrest
処置しょち
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
設置せっち
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
措置そち
measure; step; action
倒置とうち
turning upside down; inversion
配置はいち
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition
物置ものおき
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
放置ほうち
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
留置りゅうち
detention (usu. during investigation); imprisonment; poundage; custody
置物おきもの
ornament; decorative object; figurehead; leader without real power
拘置所こうちしょ
prison; detention house; detention center; jail
前置きまえおき
preface; introduction; preamble
置き場おきば
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository
留置場りゅうちじょう
police cell; place of detention; jail
位置付けいちづけ
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
据え置きすえおき
deferment (e.g. of savings); leaving (a thing) as it stands; unredeemed; unredeemable; irredeemable

Additional Examples

彼は物置の中で偶然いくつかの古文書を見つけた。
He came across some old documents in the closet.tatoeba
彼は大きな本をドスンと机の上に置いた。
He banged a big book on the desk.tatoeba
彼は前置きとして、すこし話した。
He said a few words by way of preface.tatoeba
同年、宣教使を置く。
Senkyoshi (Shinto Missionaries) were established the same year.wiki
別院に輪番一人を置く。
A Rinban (輪番) is appointed at a branch temple.wiki

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Put, place. 罒 (net) + 直 (straight) — setting something squarely in place.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 置

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step