处
chùTraditional: 處
Translation
place, spot, point, department
Word origin
Originally depicting a person resting at a place, the character came to mean a location or spot, and by extension an administrative office or department.
- Origin
- ideograph
- Root
- 处 (chù, a place where one stays)
Stroke order
处
Examples
。
This matter has both advantages and disadvantages.
签签。
Please sign in the space provided.
传阵。
A burst of laughter came from a distance.
。
This is our company's personnel department.
。
He has many points that surpass other people.
处 (chù) means a place, spot or point, and in formal usage an administrative office or department. Read in the fourth tone it is a noun, while the third-tone reading 处 (chǔ) is the verb meaning to handle or to get along.
Appears in 3 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 处.
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