Memory phrase for the Kanji: 所


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Meaning place, scene, address, spot

Pronunciation

SHO
tokoro

Explanation

Left: door 戸 (sliding door with an upper guidance rail), right axe 斤

Mnemonic


 
Next to the door there is (always) the axe, (exactly) in this place, which is its "address".

Radicals

doorThe radical todare shows a sliding door 尸 mounted in an upper guide/rail.
axeImage of an axe, probably with the handle on the right.
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 Vocabulary

墓所 はかしょ  graveyard
ところ  place
住所 じゅうしょ  address (e.g. of house), residence, domicile
台所 だいどころ  kitchen
市役所 しやくしょ  municipal office, council, city hall
事務所 じむしょ  office
近所 きんじょ  neighborhood
余所 よそ  another place, somewhere else, strange parts
長所 ちょうしょ  (1) strong point, merit, (2) advantage

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