所
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[edit] Alternative forms
Note different composition due to different forms of 戶, namely 户 (in some Japanese fonts more resembles 戸).
[edit] Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 戶 + semantic 斤 (“axe”)
the sound when lumbering
[edit] Han character
所 (radical 63 戶+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸竹一中 (HSHML), four-corner 72221)
[edit] References
- KangXi: page 415, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11715
- Dae Jaweon: page 760, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2259, character 1
- Unihan data for U+6240
[edit] Cantonese
[edit] Hanzi
所 (Yale so2)
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Kanji
[edit] Readings
[edit] Counter
[edit] Noun
所 (hiragana ところ, romaji tokoro)
所 (hiragana とこ, romaji toko) (informal)
[edit] Derived terms
- 所で (ところで, tokoro de): by the way, incidentally
- 所では (ところでは, tokoro de wa): so far as
- 所々/所所/処々/処処 (ところどころ, tokorodokoro): here and there
- 所へ (ところへ, tokoro e): thereupon
- 所もある (ところもある, tokoro mo aru): some, sometimes
[edit] Compounds
[edit] Suffix
所 (hiragana ところ, romaji -tokoro)
所 (hiragana どころ, romaji -dokoro)
[edit] Usage notes
- しょ: This reading is used in on'yomi compounds.
- ところ, どころ: These readings are used in kun'yomi compounds. The tokoro reading often changes to dokoro in compounds due to rendaku.
- Examples:
- 国所 (くにところ, kunitokoro): country of birth, birthplace
- 所々 (ところどころ, tokorodokoro): places, here and there
- Examples:
[edit] Korean
[edit] Hanja
所
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 소 (revised: so, McCune-Reischauer: so, Yale: so)
- Name (hangeul): 바()
[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Hanzi
所 (pinyin biàn (bian4), piān (pian1), suǒ (suo3), Wade-Giles pien4, p'ien1, so3)
- place
- institute
- MW for buildings
- passive tense-marker
- indicates agent of action before a verb
- used before verb-object construct
