ChiramiN4 kanji · 8 strokes
所 means place
戸 door · 斤 axe
所Memory trick
A door (戸) with an axe (斤) beside it: the place where the woodcutter lives.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- place, extent
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 3 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) ところ tokoro
ところ (tokoro) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: どころ dokoro, とこ toko
From Chinese (onyomi) ショ sho
ショ (sho) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
場所 ばしょ · basho
place, location
Built from
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斤 Used in 29 kanji
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What does 所 mean?
Right: 所 means place.Not quite: 所 means place.In 場所, which reading does 所 use?
Right. 場所 is read ばしょ (basho): 所 takes ショ, its reading from Chinese.Not quite. 場所 is read ばしょ (basho): 所 takes ショ, its reading from Chinese.