IDENTITY
所suǒplace; that which (particle)
HSK 2Top 120
CORE MEANING
place; that which (particle)
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.place; officeHSK2
- 2.that which; particleHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 户door radical (hù)
- strokes
- 8
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰戶斤
- door; place
- gives the sound suǒ (historical)
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
所以suǒyǐtherefore
厕所cèsuǒtoilet
所有suǒyǒuall
Graded examples
所以我们要好好学习。Suǒyǐ wǒmen yào hǎohǎo xuéxí.HSK3
Therefore we must study hard.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
The ax (斤) by the door (户) of the place — a location, an office.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #120
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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