Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

221 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: place, extent

Kunyomi: ところ -ところ どころ とこ

Onyomi: ショ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: とだれ

Meaning: door, house

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

(ばしょ)   place

(じゅうしょ)   address

(きんじょ)   neighborhood

(やくしょ)   public office

(めいしょ)   famous place

研究(けんきゅうじょ)   research institute

停留(ていりゅうじょ)   bus stop

有する(しょゆうする)   possess

(ところ)   place

(だいどころ)   kitchen

(いどころ)   whereabouts

Onyomi Examples

ショ counter for places

署員 ショイン staff member, station employee, official

コウショ high place, high ground, height, (high) altitude, elevation, broad (point of) view

ズイショ everywhere, all over the place, here and there, at every turn

Kunyomi Examples

ところ place, spot, scene, site, address, district, area, locality, one's house, point, aspect, side, facet, passage (in text), part, space, room, thing, matter, whereupon, as a result, about to, on the verge of, was just doing, was in the process of doing, have just done, just finished doing

ところが even so, however, still, whereupon, even though, nevertheless, on the contrary, as a matter of fact, despite

いっしょ one place, the same place, one person, together

痛いところ いたいところ one's weak point, one's sore spot, raw nerve

どころか far from, anything but, not at all, let alone, to say nothing of, not to mention, much less

じゃない どころじゃない not the time for, not the place for, far from, anything but, ... is out of the question, ... isn't the word for it

おおどころ wealthy family, important person, bigwig

いどころ whereabouts, address, place of temporary residence

ところ place, spot, scene, site, address, district, area, locality, one's house, point, aspect, side, facet, passage (in text), part, space, room, thing, matter, whereupon, as a result, about to, on the verge of, was just doing, was in the process of doing, have just done, just finished doing

ところが even so, however, still, whereupon, even though, nevertheless, on the contrary, as a matter of fact, despite

早いとこ はやいとこ promptly, quickly

僕んとこ ぼくんとこ at my place