Chinese Character 所 Meanings and components.

Form

所

Meaning

所 meaning[3] in English

Actually.

Place.

Classifier For Houses, Small Buildings, Institutions Etc.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 所 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are variant of 戶|户[hu4] (戸) , and catty (斤)

Its radical[1] is: 戶 (hu4) which means: A Household, Door, Family, .戶hu4a household

In cangjie it is written with HSHML

How to write 所

To write所suo3actually you should write a combination of 戸hu4variant of … , 斤jin1catty arranged in a 吅 shape:

戸 + 斤 = 所

所 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 所 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 所, looks as follow:

所
Pinyin:suo3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Actually . Place . Classifier For Houses, Small Buildings, Institutions Etc . That Which . Particle Introducing A Relative Clause Or Passive . Cl:個|个[Ge4]
戸
Pinyin:hu4
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 戶|户[Hu4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
斤
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Catty . (Prc) Weight Equal To 500 G . (Tw) Weight Equal To 600 G . (Hk, Malaysia, Singapore) Slightly Over 604 G

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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