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Chinese symbol for “actually”

所
suǒ
actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which

The closest CC-CEDICT match for actually is 所 (suǒ), defined as: actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; 个 (gè).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

所 suǒ
place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
radical 63 ⼾ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “actually”

WordPinyinMeaning
其实 (其實)qí shíactually; in fact; really
实则 (實則)shí zéactually; in fact
敢情gǎn qingactually; as it turns out
实在 (實在)shí zàireally; actually
才cáiability; talent; sb of a certain type

Related words

Other words that share a character with 所.

WordPinyinMeaning
所以suǒ yǐtherefore; as a result
所有suǒ yǒuall; to have; to possess; to own
所谓 (所謂)suǒ wèiwhat is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
所有人suǒ yǒu réneveryone; owner
有所yǒu suǒsomewhat; to some extent
厕所 (廁所)cè suǒtoilet; lavatory; 间 (jiān),处 (chù)

See also: Japanese symbol for “actually”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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