• 処理しょり — processing, handling
• 処分しょぶん — disposal, punishment
• 処置しょち — treatment, measure
• 対処たいしょ — dealing with, coping
• 処女しょじょ — virgin (formal/archaic term)
• 処方しょほう — prescription

処 originally referred to a place where something stops or settles, based on the radical 夂 (go slowly). It also came to mean “to manage” or “to deal with” a matter. Common in formal or administrative contexts such as 処理 (processing) or 処分 (punishment/disposal).

The kun-yomi “ところ” (place) is often seen in classical or set phrases, while the on-yomi “ショ” is dominant in compounds.

問題もんだいを 適切てきせつに 処理しょりすることが 重要じゅうようです。
It’s important to handle the problem appropriately.

この山やまの奥おくには 誰だれも 知しらない 処ところがあります。
There is a hidden place deep in this mountain that no one knows about.

The kun-yomi “ところ” is mostly used in fixed expressions. The on-yomi “ショ” is much more common in modern compounds. It appears frequently in government, law, healthcare, and technical vocabulary.