Chinese Character 处 Meanings and components.

Form

处

Meaning

处 meaning[3] in English

To Reside.

To Live.

To Dwell.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 处 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'walk slowly' component … (夂) , and surname Bu (卜)

Its radical[1] is: 夂 (zhi3) which means: 'Walk Slowly' Component In Chinese Characters, See Also 冬字頭|冬字头[Dong1 Zi4 Tou2], .夂zhi3'walk slowly' …

In cangjie it is written with HEY

How to write 处

To write处chu4to reside you should write a combination of 夂zhi3'walk slowly' … , 卜bo5surname Bu arranged in a 吅 shape:

夂 + 卜 = 处

处 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 处 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 处, looks as follow:

处
Pinyin:chu4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Reside . To Live . To Dwell . To Be In . To Be Situated At . To Stay . To Get Along With . To Be In A Position Of . To Deal With . To Discipline . To Punish
夂
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: 'Walk Slowly' Component In Chinese Characters . See Also 冬字頭|冬字头[Dong1 Zi4 Tou2]
卜
Pinyin:bo5
Meaning[3]: Surname Bu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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