人事处 (rén shì chǔ) — personnel division; human resources office

Definition

noun
personnel divisionhuman resources office
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 人事处。
    Wǒ gāng cóng rén shì chǔ bàn wán shǒu xù.
    I just finished the procedures at the personnel office.
  • 人事处。
    rén shì chǔ De chù zhǎng jīn tiān bú zài bàn gōng shì.
    The head of the personnel division is not in the office today.
  • 人事处。
    Nǐ kě yǐ qù rén shì chǔ zī xún zhāo pìn xìn xī.
    You can go to the personnel office to inquire about recruitment information.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

人事personnel matters
人rénperson事shìaffair
联合Side by side
处chùoffice

人事 refers to personnel matters, and 处 is an office, giving the name of a personnel office.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

In 事, 又 is a hand and 中 is a flagpole with a drum; holding a flag in hand depicts performing a job.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 處; 处 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
夂夂zhǐ
几几jǐtable
Sound part声符shēngfú
虍
虍hū處chǔ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 處 pairs 虍, giving the sound, with 夂 and 几, a table, as meaning parts. The simplified 处 is a shorthand and its parts are not the historical components.

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