処理

しょり · shori · JLPT N3 · noun

processing

⚙️ 処理 = deal with (処) + logic/order (理): handle it by the rules

処 means to deal with or dispose of; 理 is reason or order, as in 理由 (reason) and 料理 (cooking). Together: putting something through an orderly procedure. Sound hook: shori is a chore-y job, the task you must process.

理 — jade radical 玉/王 + village 里 (phonetic)
理 is a semantic-phonetic compound: the jade radical 王 (玉) on the left signals meaning, while 里 on the right gives the sound. It originally meant the natural veins or grain in a piece of jade, then extended to 'pattern,' 'order,' 'principle,' and finally the modern senses 'reason' and 'to manage.'

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