处

處
chù
#206 most
frequent character
place, location, spot, point

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

处 shows a person (処 without 几) resting beside a table (卜, from 几). That gave the first sense, 'resting and stopping'. For the chù reading, it grew to 'place'. For chǔ, it grew to 'to live', 'to exist', and 'to manage'.

Drawn as: person resting; table

处 as a component in other characters

sound1 character
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