処 Kanji – dispose
The Japanese kanji 処 can mean dispose, manage, deal with, sentence, condemn, act, behave, place.
Meaning and Readings
How is 処 read?
処 has the onyomi reading ショ and the kunyomi readings ところ, -こ, おる.
In romaji, these readings can be written as sho, tokoro, ko, oru.
Common Japanese Words Using 処
These common Japanese words contain 処. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 彼処（あそこ） — there, over there, that place, yonder, you-know-where
- 其処（そこ） — there (place relatively near listener)
- 仮処分（かりしょぶん） — provisional disposition, temporary injunction
- 何処か（どこか） — somewhere
- 何処までも（どこまでも） — anywhere, for all time, to the ends of the earth
- 此処（ここ） — here, this place
- 処遇（しょぐう） — treatment (of a person), dealing with
- 処刑（しょけい） — execution
- 処女（しょじょ） — virgin (usu. female), maiden
- 処置（しょち） — measure, step, dealing with