Chinese Character 處 Meanings and components.

Form

處

Meaning

處 meaning[3] in English

To Reside.

To Live.

To Dwell.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 處 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are stripes of a … (虍) , and old variant of … (処)

Its radical[1] is: 虍 (hu1) which means: Stripes Of A Tiger, 'Tiger' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 141), .虍hu1stripes of …

In cangjie it is written with YPHEN

How to write 處

To write處chu4to reside you should write a combination of 虍hu1stripes of … , 処chu3old variant … arranged in a 吕 shape:

虍 + 処 = 處

處 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

處
Pinyin:chu4 Shape:吕
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
虍
Pinyin:hu1
Meaning[3]: Stripes Of A Tiger . 'Tiger' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 141)
処
Pinyin:chu3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 處|处[Chu3]
夂
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: 'Walk Slowly' Component In Chinese Characters . See Also 冬字頭|冬字头[Dong1 Zi4 Tou2]
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table

Notes

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

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

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