所

place; that which

No. 78 most used · 0.23% of everyday spoken Chinese: about 1 character in every 432.

How it's built

• 户door
• 斤axe

A way to remember it

A door (户) and an axe (斤): a place where work goes on.

Words

• 所以

  suǒ yǐ

  therefore; as a result; so
• 所有

  suǒ yǒu

  all; to have; to possess; to own
• 所有人

  suǒ yǒu rén

  everyone; owner
• 厕所

  cè suǒ

  toilet; lavatory; CL:间,处
• 无所谓

  wú suǒ wèi

  to be indifferent; not to matter; cannot be said to be
• 有所

  yǒu suǒ

  somewhat; to some extent

Sentences

• 他在一所中学工作。

  tā zài yì suǒ zhōng xué gōng zuò

  He works in a secondary school.
• 我对日本一无所知。

  wǒ duì rì běn yì wú suǒ zhī

  I don't know anything about Japan.
• 所有人都是平等的。

  suǒ yǒu rén dōu shì píng děng de

  All people are equal.
• 那就是问题所在了。

  nà jiù shì wèn tí suǒ zài le

  Therein lies the problem.

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How often characters are written: wordfreq by Robyn Speer, CC BY-SA 4.0, with data from Google Books Ngrams and SUBTLEX by Marc Brysbaert and others. Meanings: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sentences: Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. How often they're said: FrequencyWords and OPUS, from OpenSubtitles.