所

suǒ

place; location; (particle placed before a verb to form a nominalized or relative construction) that which; what; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; office; bureau; (literary) actually

Radical: 户 HSK 3 u, q, n ideographic

Components & Etymology

所 decomposes into the following components:

户 斤

Words containing 所

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 所.

亚所
yà suǒ
Azor (son of Eliakim and father of Zadok in Matthew 1:13-14)
任所
rèn suǒ
one's office
会所
huì suǒ
住所
zhù suǒ
habitation
何所
hé suǒ
where
便所
biàn suǒ
其所
qí suǒ
its place
分所
fēn suǒ
branch (of a company etc)
厕所
cè suǒ
toilet
哨所
shào suǒ
watchhouse
场所
chǎng suǒ
location
处所
chù suǒ
place

Related characters (radical 户)

Characters that share the radical 户.

居 屏 戶 户 戽 戾 房 扁 扂 扃 扆 扇 扈 扉

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