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處

處

See also: 処 and 处

Translingual

Traditional 處
Shinjitai 処
Simplified 处

Han character

處 (radical 141 虍+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜心竹水弓 (YPHEN), four-corner 21241, composition ⿸虍処)

References

  • KangXi: page 1073, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32697
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1541, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2822, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+8655

Chinese

trad. 處
simp. 处
alt. forms 処

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (虍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
唬 *qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ
戲 *qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː
巇 *qʰra
隵 *qʰra
嚱 *qʰras
盧 *b·raː
鑪 *raː
壚 *raː
籚 *raː
蘆 *raː, *ra
顱 *b·raː
髗 *b·raː
鱸 *raː
攎 *raː
櫨 *raː
轤 *raː
黸 *raː
獹 *raː
鸕 *raː
艫 *raː
纑 *raː
瀘 *raː
瓐 *raː
爐 *raː
嚧 *raː
矑 *b·raː
罏 *raː
蠦 *raː
虜 *raːʔ
擄 *raːʔ
艣 *raːʔ
鐪 *raːʔ
虖 *qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa
虍 *qʰaː
雐 *qʰʷlaː
虎 *qʰlaːʔ
琥 *qʰlaːʔ
萀 *qʰlaːʔ
臚 *b·ra
廬 *ra
驢 *b·ra
藘 *ra
爈 *ra, *ras
櫖 *ra, *ras
儢 *raʔ
慮 *ras
勴 *ras
鑢 *ras
濾 *ras
攄 *r̥ʰa
處 *kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas
豦 *kas, *ɡa
據 *kas
鐻 *kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ
澽 *kas, *ɡas
虛 *kʰa, *qʰa
墟 *kʰa
懅 *ɡa
蘧 *ɡa, *ɡʷa
籧 *ɡa
醵 *ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ
璩 *ɡa
虡 *ɡaʔ
遽 *ɡas
勮 *ɡas
嘘 *qʰa, *qʰas
驉 *qʰa
歔 *qʰa
魖 *qʰa
膚 *pla
虧 *kʰʷral
噱 *ɡaɡ
臄 *ɡaɡ
劇 *ɡaɡ
諕 *qʰʷraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas) : phonetic 虍 ‎(OC *qʰaː) + 処.

Etymology

In Starostin, this is reconstructed as *thaʔ in Old Chinese and subsumed under Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dhăH (/*thăH) ‎(“to put; to place”), whence also 署 (OC *djas, “to place; to position”), Tibetan གདའ་བ ‎(gda' ba, “to be; to be there”), གདན ‎(gdan, “seat; residence”) and Burmese ထား ‎(hta:, “to put; to place”).

With the original *–l– initial, compare Proto-Tamangic *ᴮglaː/ᴬglaː (“place”), Mizo tla, tlat ‎(“to be; to exist; to live; to remain”) (Schuessler, 2007).

居 (OC *kɯ, *kas) may be related (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 處
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 昌 (24)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 昌與切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ɕʰɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡ɕʰiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ɕʰiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /cʰɨə̆X/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ɕʰiɔX/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ɕʰĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡ɕʰi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chǔ
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 處
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 chǔ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsyhoX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*t.qʰaʔ/
English be at

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 處
Reading # 1/2
No. 5248
Phonetic
component		 虍
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 杵
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰljaʔ/

Definitions

處

  1. to reside; to live; to dwell
  2. to be situated in; to be in
  3. staying at home; not assuming a government position, or not married
  4. to manage; to deal with
  5. to punish; to discipline
  6. to get along with
  7. A surname​.

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 處
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 昌 (24)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 昌據切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ɕʰɨʌH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡ɕʰiɔH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ɕʰiɔH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /cʰɨə̆H/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ɕʰiɔH/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ɕʰĭoH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡ɕʰi̯woH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chù
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 處
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 chù
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsyhoH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*t.qʰaʔ-s/
English place (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 處
Reading # 2/2
No. 5249
Phonetic
component		 虍
Rime
group		 魚
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 處
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰljas/

Definitions

處

  1. †place; location; spot
    此處 / 此处  ―  cǐchù  ―  this place
  2. part; aspect; respect
  3. department; office
  4. Classifier for locations or items of damage.
  5. (Cantonese, slightly dated) here
    我響處。 / 我响处。 [Cantonese]  ―  Ngo5 hoeng2syu3. [Jyutping]  ―  I'm here.
    佢唔喺處。 / 佢唔喺处。 [Cantonese]  ―  Keoi5 m4 hai2syu3. [Jyutping]  ―  He's not here.
Usage notes
  • (Cantonese) 處／处 (syu3), like 度 (dou6) needs to be preceded by the preposition 喺 (hai2) or 響／响 (hoeng2).
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 這裡 (“here”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 斯
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 這裡、此處 more formal
Mandarin Beijing 這兒、這兒合兒 colloquial、這合兒 colloquial
Taiwan 這、這裡
Tianjin 這兒、這兒合兒
Jinan 這裡
Xi'an 這搭兒
Wuhan 這裡、這塊、這塊歇
Chengdu 這兒
Yangzhou 這塊
Hefei 這塊、這蒿子
Cantonese Guangzhou 呢度、呢處
Hong Kong 呢度、呢處
Taishan 該、該處、該埞
Yangjiang 該、該處、該處塗
Gan Nanchang 箇𥚃
Hakka Meixian 這仔
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 這位
Liudui (S. Sixian) 這位、這息
Hsinchu (Hailu) 這位
Dongshi (Dabu) 這位、這位項
Zhuolan (Raoping) 這位
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 這位、這
Jin Taiyuan 這裡
Min Dong Fuzhou 只塊、只裡、租塊
Min Nan Quanzhou 遮、這帶、這跡、這位、這搭
Xiamen 遮、這帶、這跡、這位、這搭
Zhangzhou 遮、這帶、這位、這位仔
Taipei 遮
Kaohsiung 遮
Tainan 遮
Taichung 遮
Yilan 遮
Lukang 遮
Sanxia 遮
Kinmen 遮
Magong 遮
Hsinchu 遮
Malaysia 這落
Chaozhou 只塊
Wu Shanghai 搿搭、搿搭塊、搿搭裡、迭搭 old-style、迭搭塊 old-style、迭搭裡 old-style
Suzhou 該搭、搿搭
Wenzhou 該頭、該柢、柢、彀、彀宕
Xiang Changsha 咯裡、咯塊子
Shuangfeng 咯裡

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

處

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 処)

  1. place
  2. locale
  3. department

Readings

Korean

Hanja

處 • ‎(cheo) (hangeul 처, revised cheo, McCune-Reischauer ch'ŏ, Yale che)

  1. place
  2. locate
  3. stop

Vietnamese

Han character

處 (xử, xớ, xở, xứ)

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