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<WL>处(F處) [chù] place/location (处所); 到处 everywhere; 别处 elsewhere [chǔ] 处理 handle, deal with | <WL>处(F處) [chù] place/location (处所); 到处 everywhere; 别处 elsewhere [chǔ] 处理 handle, deal with | ||
#i2 | #i2 | ||
The modern | The modern simple form 处 is an abbrev. of the old form 処(); the old component 几 is wr. 卜 (cf. 咎), like the top of 虍 in the full form 處(). | ||
The Shuōwén Seal form of 处(処) chù/chǔ ‘stop/sit (in a place)’ combines 夂() zhǐ ‘stop’, and 几() jī ‘small table/bench’ (for leaning on, when sitting on the ground, at a place); the old augmented variant (now the full form) 處() adds 虍() hǔ ‘(crouching) tiger’ (phonosemantic). | The Shuōwén Seal form of 处(処) chù/chǔ ‘stop/sit (in a place)’ combines 夂() zhǐ ‘stop’, and 几() jī ‘small table/bench’ (for leaning on, when sitting on the ground, at a place); the old augmented variant (now the full form) 處() adds 虍() hǔ ‘(crouching) tiger’ (phonosemantic). | ||
“[处] Where you 夂 go and 几 sit down” —Karlgren(AD). | “[处] Where you 夂 go and 几 sit down” —Karlgren(AD). | ||
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