Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

置: placement, put

Also: set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn

JLPT N313 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met

罒 carries the meaning · 直 gives the sound

13 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

チchi · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 位置いちposition, location
  • 措置そちmeasure, precaution [n.]
  • 装置そうちapparatus
  • 配置するはいちするarrange
  • 設置するせっちするinstall
  • 放置するほうちするleave as is

おくoku · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 置くおくput, place

Also read -おき, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)网, as 罒 (meaning) + 直 (sound)

Source: Wiktionary, 置 (rev. 93443754), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Net (罒) + straight/upright (直). It originally referred to setting a net "straight" in its proper place to catch its prey.”
From the 𦉰 net story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
罒

Also built on eye (罒)

All 13
直

Also built on straightaway (直)

置 takes the 直 family's reading, チ (chi).

Also read チ

15 kanji share this on'yomiAll 15

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
置 placement · 罒
vs植 plant · 木
置 has 罒 where 植 has 木.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhì

Same form: 置 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
置 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
置 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zhì most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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