Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
withdraw, draw in, hold back, refrain from, be moderate
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1000 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 控訴 【コウソ】 appeal to a higher court, intermediate appeal
  • 控除 【コウジョ】 subtraction, deduction (e.g. tax), subsidy

Kun reading compounds

  • 控える 【ひかえる】 to be temperate in, to refrain, to abstain, to hold back, to restrain oneself from excessive ..., to make notes, to jot down (e.g. phone number), to be in preparation for, to be in waiting for, to be soon, to be in the offing, to be in a close relationship (e.g. as a backer, etc.)
  • 控え 【ひかえ】 reserve, spare, backup, note, memorandum, duplicate, copy, stub (of a ticket, etc.), receipt, waiting one's turn
  • 控え室 【ひかえしつ】 waiting room, anteroom, antechamber, green room
  • お客様控え 【おきゃくさまひかえ】 customer copy (of a receipt, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kong4
Korean:
gong, gang

Spanish

  • contención
  • refreno
  • moderación
  • apuntar
  • tomar nota
  • contenerse
  • refrenarse
  • moderarse

Portuguese

  • retirar
  • extrair
  • devolver
  • privar-se de
  • ser moderado

French

  • se retenir
  • s'abstenir
  • se retirer
  • réservé
  • modéré
1258 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1301 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1941 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1658 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1363 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1718 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1835 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1479 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
899 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
600 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
363 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
453 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1329 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12283 Morohashi
495 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2202 New Nelson (John Haig)
1318 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1415 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1440 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1372 2001 Kanji
3c8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
5301.1 Four corner code
1-25-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
63a7 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
door, house 戶 (户, 戸)
Parts:
place, extent
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
221 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 所 【ショ】 counter for places
  • 署員 【ショイン】 staff member, station employee, official
  • 高所 【コウショ】 high place, high ground, height, (high) altitude, elevation, broad (point of) view
  • 随所 【ズイショ】 everywhere, all over the place, here and there, at every turn

Kun reading compounds

  • 所 【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, approximately, around, about
  • 所が 【ところが】 even so, however, still, whereupon, even though, nevertheless, on the contrary, as a matter of fact, despite
  • 一所 【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
  • 所か 【どころか】 far from, anything but, not at all ... but rather ..., not ..., on the contrary, ..., instead of, rather than, let alone, to say nothing of, not to mention, much less, not only ... (but also ...)
  • 所じゃない 【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
  • 大所 【おおどころ】 wealthy family, important person, bigwig
  • 居所 【いどころ】 whereabouts, address, place of temporary residence
  • 所 【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, approximately, around, about
  • 所が 【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

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
suo3
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • lugar

Portuguese

  • Lugar

French

  • lieu
246 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
328 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
312 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
107 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1821 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
137 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
177 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
600 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
153 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
153 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
149 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
843 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1056 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
568 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
752 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1137 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11715X Morohashi
851 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2054 New Nelson (John Haig)
1127 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1208 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
129 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
305 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3054 2001 Kanji
4m4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
3222.1 Four corner code
7222.1 Four corner code
1-29-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6240 Unicode hex code