chǔ

place

Components
夂 meaning component

  Meaning component

zhǐ

  

go

go

几 sound component

  Sound component

  

small table

Evolution

処 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
処 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
処 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
処 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

chǔ

place, locale; department; old variant of |[chǔ]