Kanji
N4 12 strokes Grade 2 freq #52

location, place

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

earth tsuchi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

place; location
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.)
(town) market; (street) market
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace
position; situation
factory; plant
assembly hall; meeting place
theatre; theater
participation (in a tournament, match, race, etc.); entry
scene; setting

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

selling area; counter

Example sentences

He is such a tidy person. Every pot and pan is in its place.

He worked very hard to raise his family in the new place.

His work was supervising the labourers on the site.

I think it's true that he wasn't at the scene.