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处 — place; locality; part

place; locality; part; aspect; office; department; bureau

Pinyin
chù · chǔ
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

This character has more than one reading — chù, chǔ — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 处: 5 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

处 — 5 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 处 in the HSK syllabus: 30

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 到处dàochùeverywhereHSK 3
  2. 好处hǎochùeasy to get along withHSK 4
  3. 坏处huàichùharm; troublesHSK 4
  4. 长处chángchùgood aspects; strong pointsHSK 5
  5. 处chǔplace; locality; part; aspectHSK 5
  6. 处理chǔlǐto handle; to deal with; to punishHSK 5
  7. 处于chǔyúto be inHSK 5
  8. 处chùplace; locality; part; aspectHSK 5
  9. 短处duǎnchùshortcoming; defect; fault; one's weak pointsHSK 5
  10. 四处sìchùall over the place; everywhere and all directionsHSK 5
  11. 相处xiāngchǔto be in contact; to associate; to interactHSK 5
  12. 处罚chǔfáto penalize; to punishHSK 6
  13. 处处chùchùeverywhere; in all respectsHSK 6
  14. 益处yìchùbenefitHSK 6
  15. 用处yòngchùusefulnessHSK 6
  16. 办事处bànshìchùoffice; agency; bureauHSK 7–9
  17. 查处cháchǔto investigate and handleHSK 7–9
  18. 处方chǔfāngmedical prescription; to write out a prescriptionHSK 7–9
  19. 处分chǔfènto discipline sb; to punish; disciplinary actionHSK 7–9
  20. 处境chǔjìngsituationHSK 7–9
  21. 处事chǔshìto handle affairs; to deal with mattersHSK 7–9
  22. 处置chǔzhìto handle; to take care of; to punishHSK 7–9
  23. 和平共处hépíng gòngchǔpeaceful coexistence of nations, societies etcHSK 7–9
  24. 难处nánchùtrouble; difficulty; problemHSK 7–9
  25. 判处pànchǔto sentence; to condemnHSK 7–9
  26. 恰到好处qiàdào-hǎochùit's just perfect; it's just rightHSK 7–9
  27. 去处qùchùplace; destinationHSK 7–9
  28. 随处可见suíchù kě jiàncan be seen everywhereHSK 7–9
  29. 朝夕相处zhāoxī-xiāngchǔto spend all one's time togetherHSK 7–9
  30. 住处zhùchùresidence; dwellingHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.