所

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese stroke order

Stroke order

shinjitai	所
simplified	所
traditional	所

Alternative forms

Note different composition due to different forms of 戶, namely 户 (in some Japanese fonts more resembles 戸).

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 戶 + semantic 斤 (“axe”)

the sound when lumbering

Han character

所 (radical 63 戶+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸竹一中 (HSHML), four-corner 7222₁, composition ⿰戶斤, ⿰户斤, ⿰戸斤)

1. place, location
2. numerary adjunct
3. that which

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

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Chinese

		-
simp. and trad.		所

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suǒ (suo³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): so²
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): só
• Min Nan (POJ): só͘
• Wu (WT Romanisation): su (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: suǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ
    • Wade-Giles: suo³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoo
    • IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: so²
    • Yale: só
    • Cantonese Pinyin: so²
    • IPA ^(key): /sɔː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: só
    • Hagfa Pinyim: so3
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só͘
    • Tâi-lô: só͘
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: su (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /sɯ³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (所, reconstructed)
Character (所), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 生 (21) Final: 魚 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 踈舉切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʃɨʌX/	/ʂi̯woX/	/ʃiɔX/	/ʃiɔX/	/ʂɨə̆X/	/ʃĭoX/	/ʃiɔX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (所, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
所								suǒ								‹ srjoX ›								/*s-qʰ<r>aʔ/								place (n.); that which
所								suǒ								‹ xuX ›								/*qʰaʔ/								所所 = 許許 = 滸滸 sound of hewing wood
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
所					5306					戸					魚					0					所					/*sqʰraʔ/

Definitions

1. place
2. institute
3. measure word for buildings
4. passive tense-marker
5. indicates agent of action before a verb
6. used before verb-object construct

Compounds

Derived terms

• 所以

• 所作所為／所作所为

• 所及

• 所向披靡

• 所在

• 所在地

• 所居

• 所屬／所属

• 所屬單位／所属单位

• 所幸

• 所得

• 所得稅／所得税

• 所思

• 所想

• 所指

• 所料

• 所有

• 所有主

• 所有制

• 所有權／所有权

• 所有物

• 所有者

• 所為／所为

• 所生

• 所發現／所发现

• 所知

• 所聞／所闻

• 所能

• 所致

• 所見／所见

• 所見即所得／所见即所得

• 所見所聞／所见所闻

• 所謂／所谓

• 所週知／所周知

• 所長／所长

• 所需

• 所願／所愿

References

• (Hakka) Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• (Hakka) Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.
• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

所

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: しょ (sho)
• Kan’on: そ (so)
• Kun: と (to), ところ (tokoro), とこ (toko)

Compounds

一所懸命 (いっしょけんめい) (isshokenmei) 近所 (きんじょ) (kinjo) 住所 (じゅうしょ) (jūsho) 所為 (しょい) (shoi) 所感 (しょかん) (shokan) 所管 (しょかん) (shokan) 所見 (しょけん) (shoken) 所作 (しょさ) (shosa) 所在 (しょざい) (shozai)

所在地 (しょざいち) (shozaichi) 所在 (しょざい) (shozai) 所持 (しょじ) (shoji) 所属 (しょぞく) (shozoku) 所存 (しょぞん) (shozon) 所帯 (しょたい) (shotai) 所得 (しょとく) (shotoku) 所得税 (しょとくぜい) (shotokuzei) 所有物 (しょゆうぶつ) (shoyūbutsu)

所有者 (しょゆうしゃ) (shoyūsha) 所有 (しょゆう) (shoyū) 所有権 (しょゆうけん) (shoyūken) 所謂 (いわゆる) (iwayuru) 適材適所 (てきざいてきしょ) (tekizaitekisho) 場所 (ばしょ) (basho) 所以 (ゆえん) (yuen) 所有制 (しょゆうせい) (shoyūsei) 所有主 (しょゆうぬし) (shoyūnushi)

Counter

所 (hiragana しょ, romaji -sho)

1. places

Noun

所 (hiragana ところ, romaji tokoro)

所 (hiragana とこ, romaji toko) (informal)

1. a place, a scene, a site; an address

Derived terms

• 所 (ところ)で (tokorode): by the way, incidentally
• 所々, 所所, 処々, 処処 (ところどころ) (tokorodokoro): here and there
• 所 (ところ)へ (tokoro e): thereupon
• 所 (ところ)もある (tokoro mo aru): some, sometimes

Suffix

所 (hiragana しょ, romaji -sho)

所 (hiragana ところ, romaji -tokoro)

所 (hiragana どころ, romaji -dokoro)

1. place

Usage notes

• しょ: This reading is used in on'yomi compounds.

  Examples:

  • 市役所 (しやくしょ, shiyakusho): city hall (literally, "place where city duties happen")
  • 事務所 (じむしょ, jimusho): office (literally, "place where business duties happen")

• 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

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Hanja

所 (so)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 소 (revised: so, McCune-Reischauer: so, Yale: so)

• Name (hangeul): 바()

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Okinawan

Kanji

所 (hiragana とぅくる, romaji tukuru)

Noun

所 (hiragana とぅくる, romaji tukuru)

1. area, location, spot

Suffix

所 (しゅ, shu)

1. place, field

Compounds

• ゴルフ所 (ゴルフじゅ (gorufuju)): golf course
• スキー所 (スキーじゅ (sukiiju)): ski field
• 所間 (とぅくま (tukuma)): place, location, area, space, room

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Vietnamese

Han character

所 (sỡ, sở, sớ, sửa, thửa)

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