所

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

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

• 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sqʰraʔ) : phonetic 戶 (OC *ɡʷaːʔ) + semantic 斤 (“axe”) – the sound of logging.

所

1. place; location
2. institute
3. Classifier for buildings, schools, hospitals, etc. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
4. Prefix attached to verbs to form noun phrases, meaning a person or thing that is the object of that verb (ie, to whom or to which an action is done).

   所得  ―  suǒdé  ―  income (literally, “what is gained”)

   你所用的電腦 / 你所用的电脑  ―  nǐ suǒ yòng de diànnǎo  ―  the computer you are using

   不知所云  ―  bùzhī suǒ yún  ―  do not know what is said

5. Used in the construction 為……所…… to form the passive voice.

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: しょ (sho, Jōyō)^{←しよ (syo, historical)}
• Kan-on: そ (so)
• Kun: ところ (tokoro, 所, Jōyō); とこ (toko, 所); と (to); く (ku)

From Middle Chinese 所 (MC ʃɨʌ^X).

• On’yomi: Goon
  • IPA^(key): [ɕo̞]

所 (hiragana しょ, rōmaji -sho)

1. places

所 (hiragana しょ, rōmaji -sho)

1. place

⟨to₂ko₂ro₂⟩ → /tokoro/

From Old Japanese.[1] Found in the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE).[2]

A surface analysis suggests that this could be an ancient compound of ⟨to₂ (“place”, as in 跡 ⟨ato₂⟩, “footprint, track”, from “foot place, where one has stepped”) + ⟨ko₂⟩ (noun-forming suffixing element denoting “place”, as in ここ ⟨ko₂ko₂⟩, “here”, from “this place”) + ⟨ro₂⟩ (noun-forming suffixing element, apparently indicating within a general area, possibly as in 心 ⟨ko₂ko₂ro₂⟩, “heart, mind, emotions”, 頃 ⟨ko₂ro₂⟩, “general span of time, around a certain time”、うつろ ⟨uturo₂⟩, “hollowness, empty interior”).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ところ [tòkóró] (Heiban – [0])[3][4][5]
  • (Tokyo) ところ​ [tòkóróꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[4][5]
  • IPA^(key): [to̞ko̞ɾo̞]

• 処

所 (hiragana ところ, rōmaji tokoro)

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

   遠 (とお)い所 (ところ)に行 (い)ってみたい。

   Tōi tokoro ni itte mitai.

   I want to go to a faraway place.

   あの窓 (まど)のところにいる人 (ひと)は誰 (だれ)？

   Ano mado no tokoro ni iru hito wa dare?

   Who is the person by that window?

   嫌 (いや)なところを直 (なお)す

   iya na tokoro o naosu

   to change the unpleasant part/aspect (of one's personality)

2. a state of being
   1. (after a plain verb) about to

      映 (えい)画 (が)を見 (み)に行 (い)くところだった。

      Eiga o mi ni iku tokoro datta.

      I was about to go to a movie.

   2. (after a verb in the past tense) just

      駅 (えき)に着 (つ)いたところです。

      Eki ni tsuita tokoro desu.

      I just arrived at the station.

   3. (after a verb in the progressive ている) indicates the current state, or how you have progressed so far in a chain of actions

      今 (いま)、敬 (けい)語 (ご)を勉 (べん)強 (きょう)しているところです。

      Ima, keigo o benkyō shite iru tokoro desu.

      I'm now learning polite language.

Listed in some sources as an abbreviation of tokoro above.[1][3][6] However, this is also listed as cognate with 床 (toko, “raised area; bed”),[1] which term already appears in use as far back as the Man'yōshū (c. 759 CE), one of the oldest Japanese texts.[7]

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) とこ​ [tòkóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[3][5]
  • (Tokyo) とこ [tòkó] (Heiban – [0])[3]
  • IPA^(key): [to̞ko̞]

• 処

所 (hiragana とこ, rōmaji toko)

1. (informal, spoken) see the senses for tokoro above

The toko reading in modern Japanese is regarded as the informal and spoken version of tokoro above.

⟨to₂⟩ → /*tə/ → /to/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *tə. Appears mainly as an affixing element indicating place, as in 後 (ato, “after; behind; the back of something”), from 跡 (ato, “footprint, track”), itself a compound of 足 (a, “foot”) + 所 (to, “place”); or in 留まる (todomaru, “to stop in a place”).

In modern Japanese references,[1][3] there are various compound terms ending in -to or -do that are spelled and / or described as deriving from this 所 (to, “place”), including 隈所 (kumato, “a bent and twisted place, such as a tunnel, out of sight”), 立ち所 (tachido, “standing place”), 竈 (kamado, “kiln”). However, an historical analysis reveals that many of these terms do not derive from 所, 処 ⟨to₂⟩ “place”, but rather from 戸, 門 ⟨to₁⟩ “gate, door, place of entry and exit”.

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [to̞]

• 処

所 (hiragana と, rōmaji to)

1. place

所 • (so)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 소 (revised: so, McCune–Reischauer: so, Yale: so)
  • Name (hangeul): 바

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所

• Native: とぅくる
• Nonnative: しゅ

所 (hiragana とぅくる, romaji tukuru)

1. area, location, spot

所 (hiragana しゅ, romaji shu)

1. place, field

所 (sỡ, sở, sớ, sửa, thửa)

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