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Kanji Detail for 所 - "place, position"

所

  • Meaning

    所 means "place, position."

    1. Place - A location; a position; whereabouts.

    2. Status - A standing; a position.

    3. About - Approximately; around that much.

    4. Nominalization - Used to make verbs into nouns.

  • Words using 所

    • 場所 ばしょ Listen place; location; spot
    • 事務所 じむしょ Listen office
    • 研究所 けんきゅうじょ Listen research institute; (research) laboratory
    • 所得 しょとく Listen income; earnings
    • 所長 しょちょう Listen head (of an office, laboratory, etc.); chief
    • 所得税 しょとくぜい Listen income tax
    • 所属 しょぞく Listen belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to
    • 無所属 むしょぞく Listen independent (esp. in politics); non-partisan

  • Four-character idioms with 所

    • 適材適所 てきざいてきしょ Listen the right person in the right place
    • 一所不住 いっしょふじゅう Listen vagrant; transient lifestyle
    • 一所懸命 いっしょけんめい Listen very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can
    • 不労所得 ふろうしょとく Listen unearned income; investment income; passive income
    • 名所古跡 めいしょこせき Listen scenic sites and historic places; places of natural beauty and historic interest
    • 名所旧跡 めいしょきゅうせき Listen places of scenic beauty and historical interest

  • Tattoo check: 所

    • Verified meaning: place, position
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ところ, ところさき, とんどころ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 所

    Surnames 所(ところ)Listen 所(ところさき)Listen 所(とんどころ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    place; extent

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    place, location; numerary adjunct

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A place. Such as 公所, 事務所. All specifying a location is 所. Such as "where" being 何所. All with specific reference is 所. Such as including everything being 所有. | One building is one 所. | A particle.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sho(ショ) ショ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    dokoro(どころ) どころ

    toko(とこ) とこ

    tokoro(ところ) ところ

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

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    戸 戶 (to・todare・tokammuri・tobiranoto)

  • Related Keywords

    place position what location spot address area district locale locality premises quarters region site territory venue zone

Sentences including 所

  • We visited quite a few places.

  • The sofa takes up too much room.

  • I'm on my way to visit a friend who's in the hospital.

  • Write your name and address.

  • Please give me your permanent address.

  • The place i live in is very good for your health.

  • Start reading where you left off.

  • What kind of places would you like to see?

  • He couldn't remember my address.

  • Clean up the kitchen.

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