Kanji N3

処: dispose, manage, deal with

処 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning dispose, manage, deal with, written with 5 strokes. It is read ショ (on) and ところ, おる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 処理 (しょり, processing) and 何処 (どこ, where).

処

Meanings

  • dispose
  • manage
  • deal with
  • sentence
  • condemn
  • act
  • behave
  • place
Strokes5
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#547 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ショ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • ところ
  • -こ
  • おる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 処

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  • 処理しょり

    processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition

    JLPT N3
  • 何処どこ

    where; what place

    JLPT N5
  • 彼処あそこ

    there; over there; that place; yonder

    JLPT N5
  • 何処かどこか

    somewhere

    JLPT N3
  • 其処そこ

    there (place relatively near listener)

    JLPT N5
  • 此処ここ

    here; this place

    JLPT N5
  • 其処でそこで

    so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

    JLPT N3
  • 処分しょぶん

    disposal; throwing away; selling off

    JLPT N1

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