Meaning & readings
dispose, manage, deal with, sentence, condemn, act, behave, place
On’yomi ショ
Kun’yomi ところ、-こ、お.る
Origin
This character combines two components suggesting place or position. The lower part, 几, is a simple frame representing a place or location. The upper part, 夂, depicts a foot or the idea of movement and action within space. Together, these elements create the sense of "where something is handled or dealt with" — a place of action or management. Over time, this evolved into the broader meanings of disposing of things, managing situations, and even passing judgment or sentence on someone.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Compound ideographic (combined meanings).
Components
- 夂
- 几
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 5
- Kangxi radical
- 16
- Grade
- Grade 6 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #547 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+051E6