漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home
所: place, extent
JLPT N38 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
斤 carries the meaning · 戸 carries meaning and sound
8 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ショsho · on'yomi · in compounds
- 場所ばしょplace
- 住所じゅうしょaddress
- 近所きんじょneighborhood
- 役所やくしょpublic office
- 名所めいしょfamous place
- 研究所けんきゅうじょresearch institute
- 停留所ていりゅうじょbus stop
- 所有するしょゆうするpossess
ところtokoro · kun'yomi · on its own
- 所ところplace
どころdokoro · kun'yomi
- 台所だいどころkitchen
- 居所いどころwhereabouts
Also read -ところ, とこ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)戶 (sound) + 斤 axe (meaning)
The sound of logging (the definition given in Shuowen).
Source: Wiktionary, 所 (rev. 94634670), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Door/roof (戸) + an axe variant. Originally related to the sound of an "axe" working on a "door," now the standard kanji for a "place" or an "address."”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
The 戸 family reads コ (ko); 所 is read ショ.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · suǒ
Same form: 所 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 所 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 所 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin suǒ most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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