KANAE
Character · Places

所

ところ tokoroてきしょ tekishoばしょ basho

place

Composition

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Origin

The door 戸, giving the sound, and the axe 斤: first the sound of chopping wood, then the place itself.

In the thoughts

  1. 適所tekishoright place
  2. 場所bashoplace

Proverbs carrying this character

  1. 171 No smoke rises where there is no fire.
  2. 236 The right timber in the right place.
  3. 284 Do not do to others what you would not wish for yourself.
  4. 304 Bloom where you were sown.

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