chù, chǔ
place
Simplified form of 處. Phonosemantic compound. 夂 represents the meaning and 虎 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
chù
place, locale; department; place; location; spot; point; office; bureau; respect; classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point
chǔ
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
Most common words with 处
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to reside | ||
to handle | ||
everywhere | ||
to be in (some state, position, or condition) | ||
benefit |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Statistics
HSK level 4
Appears in 93.4647% of movies
272nd most common character in movies
206th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 5 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+5904 |
Shuowen | “咎，災也。从人，从各。各者，相違也。” |
Sources
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