Moji Ninja

処 — deal with; place

処 means “deal with; place”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 5 strokes. On'yomi: ショ (sho). It has no common kun'yomi. You'll see it in words such as 処する (shosuru, “to manage; to deal with”).

処
Stroke order of 処
Meaning
deal with; place
On'yomi
ショ (sho)
Kun'yomi
—
Strokes
5
Level
JLPT N3 · set Doing & acting 2

How to remember 処

Dragging feet (夂) to the sail (几): somebody has to deal with it.

Parts: 夂 dragging feet · 几 sail

Words with 処

WordReadingMeaning
処するしょする shosuru onto manage; to deal with

Don't confuse it with

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