所(suǒ)

HSK 28 strokes

actually

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Character information

Pinyin
suǒ
Meaning
actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:个
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 所 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰户斤

An axe 斤 swung at a door 户

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

户hù斤jīn

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 所 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 所

Common words using 所 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

yī一wú无suǒ所yǒu有
HSK 7-9

not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking

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yī一wú无suǒ所zhī知
HSK 7-9

(idiom) not knowing anything at all; completely ignorant

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zhī之suǒ所yǐ以
HSK 7-9

(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P

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shì事wù务suǒ所
HSK 7-9

business office; firm

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gōng公gòng共chǎng场suǒ所
HSK 7-9

public place

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qián前suǒ所wèi未yǒu有
HSK 7-9

(idiom) unprecedented

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yà亚suǒ所

Azor (son of Eliakim and father of Zadok in Matthew 1:13-14)

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rèn任suǒ所

one's office; place where one holds a post

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Related characters

More HSK 2 characters

万且业为主举久乐

From 所’s common words

一无有知之以事务

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