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所
所
Translingual
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| Shinjitai | 所 |
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| Simplified | 所 |
| Traditional | 所 |
Alternative forms
Note different composition due to different forms of 戶, namely 户 (in some Japanese fonts more resembles 戸).
Han character
所 (radical 63 戶+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸竹一中 (HSHML), four-corner 72221, composition ⿰戶斤 or ⿰户斤 or ⿰戸斤)
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
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
所 | |
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| alt. forms | 𫝂 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (戸) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 妒 | *tqaːs |
| 雇 | *kʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ |
| 顧 | *kʷaːs |
| 戽 | *qʰʷaːʔ, *qʰʷaːs, *ɡʷaːʔ |
| 戶 | *ɡʷaːʔ |
| 扈 | *ɡʷaːʔ |
| 帍 | *ɡʷaːʔ |
| 昈 | *ɡʷaːʔ |
| 滬 | *ɡʷaːʔ |
| 簄 | *ɡʷaːʔ |
| 齭 | *skʰraʔ, *sqʰraʔ |
| 所 | *sqʰraʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sqʰraʔ) : phonetic 戶 (OC *ɡʷaːʔ) + semantic 斤 (“axe”) – the sound of logging.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): so2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): só
- Min Nan (POJ): só͘
- Wu (Wiktionary): su (T2)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ
- Wade-Giles: suo3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoo
- IPA (key): /su̯ɔ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: so2
- Yale: só
- Cantonese Pinyin: so2
- IPA (key): /sɔː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: só
- Hakka Romanization System: so`
- Hagfa Pinyim: so3
- IPA: /so³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só͘
- Tâi-lô: sóo
- Phofsit Daibuun: sor
- IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: su (T2)
- IPA (key): /sv̩ʷ³⁴/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 所 |
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| Mandarin | Beijing | /suo²¹⁴/ |
| Harbin | /suo²¹³/ | |
| Tianjin | /suo¹³/ | |
| Jinan | /ʂuə⁵⁵/ | |
| Qingdao |
/suə⁵⁵/ ～以 /ʂuə⁵⁵/ 場～ |
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| Zhengzhou | /ʂuo⁵³/ | |
| Xi'an | /fo⁵³/ | |
| Xining | /fɔ⁵³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /suə⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /fə⁴⁴²/ | |
| Ürümqi | /suɤ⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /suo⁴²/ | |
| Chengdu | /so⁵³/ | |
| Guiyang | /so⁴²/ | |
| Kunming | /so⁵³/ | |
| Nanjing | /so²¹²/ | |
| Hefei | /sʊ²⁴/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /suɤ⁵³/ |
| Pingyao | /suə⁵³/ | |
| Hohhot | /suɤ⁵³/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /su³⁵/ |
| Suzhou | /səu⁵¹/ | |
| Hangzhou | /su⁵³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /so³⁵/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /so³⁵/ |
| Tunxi | /so³¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /so⁴¹/ |
| Xiangtan | /so⁴²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang |
/so²¹³/ /su²¹³/ 無～謂 |
| Hakka | Meixian | /so³¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /so³¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /sɔ³⁵/ |
| Nanning | /ɬɔ³⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /sɔ³⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /sɔ⁵³/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /su³²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /su²¹/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /so⁵³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /to²¹³/ |
| Rime | |
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| Character | 所 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 踈舉切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʃɨʌX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʃiɔX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʃiɔX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʂɨə̆X/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʃiɔX/ |
| Wang Li |
/ʃĭoX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʂi̯woX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
shǔ |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 所 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5306 |
| Phonetic component |
戸 |
| Rime group |
魚 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
所 |
| Old Chinese |
/*sqʰraʔ/ |
Definitions
所
- place; location
- institute
- Classifier for buildings, schools, hospitals, etc. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- 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 [literary “what is gained”]
- Used in the construction 為……所…… to form the passive voice.
Compounds
Derived terms from 所
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Japanese
Kanji
所
Readings
Compounds
Counter
Noun
所 (hiragana ところ, romaji tokoro, alternative reading とこ, romaji toko)
Usage notes
- The toko reading is informal.
Derived terms
- 所で (tokorode): by the way, incidentally
- 所々 (tokorodokoro), 所所 (tokorodokoro), 処々 (tokorodokoro), 処処 (tokorodokoro): here and there
- 所へ (tokoro e): thereupon
- 所もある (tokoro mo aru): some, sometimes
Suffix
所 (hiragana ところ, romaji -tokoro)
所 (hiragana どころ, romaji -dokoro)
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:
Korean
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)
Suffix
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
所 (sỡ, sở, sớ, sửa, thửa)
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