Today’s #kanji is 処, which is listed under the radical of #きにょう（几）. 処 is a compound ideograph made of 几 (a desk or something to lean on) and 夂 (to walk), so its original meaning was to stay still.
Meaning: to stay, to rest,a place
Reading: ショ
処刑（ショケイ）: punishment, execution
処女（ショジョ）: a virgin, a maiden
処置（ショチ）: disposal, disposition, management, a proceeding
処罰（ショバツ）: punishment, (a) penalty
処分（ショブン）する: to dispose of…, to deal with …; to punish; to put down
処理（ショリ）する: to manage, to conduct, to dispose of, to treat
善処（ゼンショ）する: to make the best of …., to tide over …, to act with prudence
対処（タイショ）する: to cope with…, to deal with …, to tackle, to handle
Customary Readings
在処（ありか）: the place where something is (kept).
何処（どこ、いずこ、いずく）: where
目処（めど）: an aim, the goal, a prospect; an outlook (目途 is more common.)
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