所

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

Descendants

 * 𛁘

Glyph origin
– the sound of logging (the definition given in ).

Etymology
From (STEDT; ).

relates it to, ,.

Definitions

 * 1)  place; location
 * 2) establishment for a particular function; institution
 * 1) establishment for a particular function; institution
 * 1) establishment for a particular function; institution
 * 1) establishment for a particular function; institution

Descendants
Others:

Etymology 1
From.

Counter

 * 1) places

Suffix

 * 1) place

Derived terms

 * : city hall (literally, "place where city duties happen")
 * : office (literally, "place where business duties happen")

Etymology 2
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From. First attested in the  of 712. From. Likely cognate with.

A surface analysis suggests that this could be an ancient compound of (, as in , “footprint, track”, from “foot place, where one has stepped”) +  (noun-forming suffixing element denoting “place”, as in  , “here”, from “this place”) +  (noun-forming suffixing element, apparently indicating within a general area, possibly as in  , “heart, mind, emotions”,  , “general span of time, around a certain time”,  , “hollowness, empty interior”).

Pronunciation
The odaka version is used when:
 * it is preceded by a modifier, such as in
 * it appears as a grammatical element, such as in or

Noun

 * 1) a place, a scene, a site; an address
 * 2) a state of being
 * 3)  about to
 * 4)  just
 * 5)  at that point in time, upon
 * 1) a state of being
 * 2)  about to
 * 3)  just
 * 4)  at that point in time, upon
 * 1)  just
 * 2)  at that point in time, upon
 * 1)  at that point in time, upon
 * 1)  at that point in time, upon
 * 1)  at that point in time, upon
 * 1)  at that point in time, upon

Etymology 3
Listed in some sources as an abbreviation of tokoro above. However, this is also listed as cognate with, which term already appears in use as far back as the  (712 ), one of the oldest Japanese texts.

Etymology 4
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From, from. Appears mainly as an affixing element indicating place, as in, from , itself a compound of + ; or in , itself a compound of  +.

Affix

 * 1) place

Derived terms

 * : after; behind; the back of something
 * : footprint, track; scar
 * : to stop in a place
 * : to stop something in a place

Noun

 * 1) area, location, spot

Suffix

 * 1) place, field