Zi:所
所 [suǒ] place; 所以 suǒyǐ so, therefore; 所有 suǒyǒu all
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From 户 (hù) ‘door’ and 斤 (jīn) ‘axe’.
“To 斤 build a 户 living place” —Karlgren.
Note that the left-side component ‘door’ is properly written with 戶 (the “full” form) rather than with 户 (simple). This is apparently a conservative calligraphic feature, harmonizing the top 丿 piě strokes of 戶 and 斤.
►references: Guǎngyùn:258.23; Wieger:128a; Karlgren:AD82,GSR91a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:3.2259.1; Lindqvist:289; Mathews:5465; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:415.16; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:085.0.08; EDOC:1
►components: 户戶斤
►Cantonese: so/
<cdl char='所' uni='6240' radical='X4'>
<comp char='戶' uni='6236' variant='9' points='0,0 52,120' />
<comp char='斤' uni='65A4' points='56,0 128,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='戶' uni='6236' variant='9' points='0,0 98,128' radical='K0'>
<stroke type='p' points='128,0 40,16' />
<stroke type='sp' points='40,16 40,47 0,128' />
<comp char='' uni='EF70' points='40,45 114,84' />
<!-- variant based on [U+E63B](V=0) -->
</cdl>
<cdl char='' uni='EF70' points='0,4 124,124' radical='K0'>
<stroke type='hz' points='0,0 128,0 128,128' head='cut' tail='long' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,128 128,128' head='cut' tail='cut' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='斤' uni='65A4' points='8,0 120,128'>
<stroke type='p' points='106,0 28,14' />
<stroke type='wp' points='28,14 0,120' tail='long' />
<stroke type='h' points='28,50 128,50' head='cut' />
<stroke type='s' points='80,50 80,128' head='cut' />
</cdl>
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Unicode: U+6240
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