Zi:所

所 [suǒ] 所​在 place/location; that which; 所​以 so, therefore; 所​有 all/every; possess

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 所 suǒ ‘sound of chopping wood’, combines ​斤 (jīn) ‘axe’, and ​户(​戶) hù ‘door/swing’ (phonosemantic): the swinging of an axe (like a door), chopping wood.
    Note: Formerly 所所 (onomatopoeic) ‘the sound of chopping wood’, reused to wr. various grammatical function morphemes ‘place/location’ (​处所); ‘that which’ (所​在) etc.
    “To ​斤 build a ​户 living place” —Karlgren(AD).
    Note: the left-side component ‘door’ is properly written with ​戶 (the “full” form) rather than with ​户 (simple); this is a conservative calligraphic feature, harmonizing the top ​丿 piě strokes of ​戶 and ​斤, but the alternative form with ​户 and ​斤 is not completely unknown (though it is not the standard simple form).
    HDZ: 所 : suǒ : (SW:) (​象​声) ​伐​木​声 (​伐​木所所); ​处所, ​地​方; ​地​位, ​位​置; ​道​理, ​方​法; ​宜, ​适​宜; ​官​衙; (​元​明) ​驻​军​和​屯​田​军​的​一​种​建​制; ​数, ​次​数; ​时; ​意​思, ​人​或​动​物​流​露​的​情​态; ​许​多, ​多​种; ​可​以; …​大​概​的​数​目; (​代​词) (​此, ​这; ​何, ​什​么); (​量​词) (​处; ​座; ​用​于​建​筑​物); (​副​词) ​尚, ​还; (​连​词) ​若, ​如​果; (​助​词) …; (​语​气​词); (​姓)
►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/
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