处 chù
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 夂 — to go
- Made of
- 夂 to go 卜 divination, fortune-telling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
处理
chǔlǐ
to handle; to deal with
Characters in this word
理 lǐ
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 王 — king, ruler
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我处理邮件。 Wǒ chǔlǐ yóujiàn. I handle emails.
- 他处理问题。 Tā chǔlǐ wèntí. He deals with problems.
- 请处理一下。 Qǐng chǔlǐ yíxià. Please handle it.