Hanja Analyzer
所

所 — so

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
바 소
Romanization
so
English
place, location; numerary adjunct
Mandarin
suǒ
Japanese on'yomi
ショ
Japanese kun'yomi
ところ -ところ どころ とこ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#221 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
戶 (63, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+6240

Parts that make up 所

  • 戸 집 호 한 짝 문집과 드나드는 곳. ‘호’ 계열의 소리
  • 斤 근[무게단위]/날[刃] 근 자루 달린 도끼찍고 자르는 일, 그리고 무게 단위

How 所 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 所 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 戶, 斤.

Korean example words with 所

  • 고소高所 Korean gloss: 높은 곳
  • 소위所爲 Korean gloss: 하는 일
  • 이소異所 Korean gloss: 딴 자리
  • 소기所期 Korean gloss: 기대한 바
  • 소범所犯 Korean gloss: 저지른 죄
  • 소정所定 Korean gloss: 정해진 바
  • 소간所幹 Korean gloss: 해야 할 일
  • 소관所關 Korean gloss: 관계되는 바
  • 소장所掌 Korean gloss: 맡아보는 일
  • 묘소墓所 Korean gloss: 뫼가 있는 곳
  • 소비所費 Korean gloss: 일에 든 비용
  • 소시所視 Korean gloss: 남이 보는 바

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 所

  • 場所ばしょ place; location; spot
  • 事務所じむしょ office
  • 研究所けんきゅうじょ research institute; (research) laboratory
  • 所得しょとく income; earnings
  • 住所じゅうしょ address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile
  • 所長しょちょう head (of an office, laboratory, etc.); chief
  • 所得税しょとくぜい income tax
  • 所属しょぞく belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to
  • 裁判所さいばんしょ court; courthouse
  • 無所属むしょぞく independent (esp. in politics); non-partisan
  • 所有しょゆう possession; ownership
  • 近所きんじょ neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

Other hanja read “소”

Other hanja with radical 戶

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