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Kotomora

置

placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · grade 4FrequencyTop 500Strokes13

Readings

On'yomi

  • チ

Kun'yomi

  • お.く
  • -お.き

Nanori

  • おき
  • おけ
  • き

Meaning

置 centers on putting something in a place and leaving it there: placing, setting, depositing, or keeping something. The extended senses of employing someone or pawning an item are specific applications of putting a person or object into a designated position.

Most common words using 置

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  • 置くおく
    N5

    to put; to place

  • 位置いち
    N3

    place; position; location

  • 装置そうち
    N3

    equipment; device; installation; apparatus

  • 設置せっち
    N1

    establishment; institution

  • 放置ほうち
    N1

    leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning

  • 配置はいち
    N2

    arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration; layout

  • 措置そち
    N1

    measure; step; action

  • 処置しょち
    N1

    measure; step; dealing with

  • 位置付けいちづけ

    placement; fixed position; mapping out; location

  • 留置りゅうち

    detention (usu. during investigation); imprisonment; poundage; custody

  • 置き場おきば

    place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed; yard

  • 置き換えるおきかえる

    to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange

  • 置き去りおきざり

    leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

  • 拘置こうち

    detention; confinement; arrest

  • 物置ものおき
    N3

    storage room; storeroom; lumber room

  • 据え置きすえおき
    N1

    deferment (e.g. of savings); leaving (a thing) as it stands

  • 置物おきもの
    N1

    ornament; decorative object

  • 前置きまえおき
    N1

    preface; introduction; preamble

  • 位置付けるいちづける

    to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate

  • 倒置とうち
    N1

    turning upside down

  • 拘置所こうちしょ

    prison; detention house; detention center; jail

  • 留置場りゅうちじょう

    police cell; place of detention; jail

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Etymology

置 combines 罒 (a net) with 直 (straight, direct). The original idea likely involved placing a net straight or setting it in position, extending to putting things in place generally.

Meaning mnemonic

Picture a net (罒) placed straight (直) over an object to keep it in place. The net is set down directly, leaving the item deposited underneath.

Reading mnemonic

For チ, imagine placing a cheese (チーズ) under the net to keep it fresh: cheese -> チ, and the net is set straight over it.