# 所 area / attribute

戸 (door) + 斤 (axe)
★★★★★
8 strokes

## Onyomi

SHO | If you go to a bachelor's area, you can Smell His Odors.

## Mnemonic

| Go to the place where they live, and knock down the front door with an axe.

## Kunyomi

ところ | 3 meanings. 1＝ area, place ２＝ attribute. "He's got a stupid tokoro." means "He's stupid." 3＝ a place in time. "Ima no tokoro" means 'ima". "SoreDOkoro de wa nai!" means, 'We don't have time for your bullshit right now.' Basically meanings ２ and 3 are purely rhetorical - you can delete them from the sentence and the meaning stays the same. 1/2 KANA ★★★★★

## Jukugo

場所(ばしょ) | place ★★★★★ KUN ON 場 (place) + 所 (area / attribute) = 場所 (place) place, like a parking lot. Also space, as in, your moms can't ride in my new van because there's not enough space. This is by far the most popular word to use these kanji, so it's too bad the pronunciation is messed up: 場 uses kun, but 所 uses onyomi. Assholes.
住所(じゅうしょ) | address ★★★☆☆ 住 (dwell) + 所 (area / attribute) = 住所 (address)
長所(ちょうしょ) | good point ★★☆☆☆ 長 (long / boss) + 所 (area / attribute) = 長所 (good point) strong point, as opposed to weak point. Can be used about people (his 長所 is his courage, her 長所 is her brain) or machines ('The strong point of this PC is its long battery-life')
短所(たんしょ) | flaw ★★☆☆☆ 短 (short / brief) + 所 (area / attribute) = 短所 (flaw ) weak point, flaw

## Synonyms

affiliated 所属 xxx附属yyy 付属
good point 価値 長所 特技
own 持ってる 所有する
place 場所 所 場 地 地域 土地 所有地
summit 頂点 見所 頂上 山頂 天辺 頂