处

to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish

处

處

chù = chu + Ø4

place / location / spot / point / office / department / bureau / respect / classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point

处 = 卜 + 夂 : Mnemonic symbol: a spotlight

处 = 卜 + 夂 : Chantal Chicken has found the perfect spot for her performance. In the space station's bathroom she puts on her high heels, sets up the voodoo staff, turns on the spotlight and practices her voodoo pole dance in this protected location.

处 character breakdown

处
- 卜
  - 丨
  - 丶
- 夂
  - 丿
  - 又
    - ㇏
    - ㇇

卜

bǔ = bu + Ø3

(bound form) to divine / to forecast or estimate / (of a place to live etc) to choose

卜 = 丨 + 丶 : Mnemonic symbol from "to divine" and the shape of the character: a voodoo staff.

Bruno Bear (bu-) tries to divine (卜) the future in the space station's living room (Ø3). He places a petal (丶) in the middle of the room as an offering and starts a magic ritual with his voodoo staff (卜). The staff transforms the petal into a dinosaur bone (丨). Bruno divines that the staff was trying to tell him that all things are mortal and must come to an end.

夂

zhǐ = zh + Ø3

"walk slowly" component in Chinese characters / see also 冬字頭|冬字头[dong1 zi4 tou2]

夂 = 丿 + 又 : Mnemonic symbol: In high heels, one can walk only slowly. James II of England (zh) is wearing high heels (夂) inside the space station's living room (Ø3). He's not only walking slowly (夂), he even slips on a banana (丿)! He's lucky to land on a boxing glove (又) though.

卜

蔔

bo = b + o5

see 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]