しょ

noun

  1. prison, detention house, detention center, jail.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しょ
拘置所 こうちしょ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

arrest, seize, concerned
コウ かか.わる (Late Jr. High, N1)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
phrase, clause, sentence
ク すく (5th, N1)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
placement, put, set
お.く チ おき (4th, N3)
net radical variant (no. 122)
モウ ボウ あみがしら
straightaway, honesty, frankness
なお.す なお チョク (2nd, N3)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
fishhook radical, (乙 variant)
place, extent
ショ ところ とこ (3rd, N3)
door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)
と コ へ (2nd, N2)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ かたしろ (Kentei 1)
axe, 1.32 lb, catty
キン (Late Jr. High, N1)